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# slinging

noun (slinging, no plural)

«slinging» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Slinging is throwing stones with a sling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slinging/#m1)
2. Slinging is carrying something swung loosely over the shoulders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slinging/#m2)

### In the lessons

the sling game the island boys play in the tales; the hunter carries his kill slung over his shoulders.

### Examples

- It was Kabo who broke my leg at the slinging game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slinging/#x1)
- He was slinging the deer over his shoulders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slinging/#x2)
- Let us play at slinging again tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slinging/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Chronicles describes soldiers who shot stones with slings and arrows. Skill with both hands was prized, as with the left-handed Benjaminites. In the primary lessons: the sling game the island boys play in the tales; the hunter carries his kill slung over his shoulders.

### Examples

- And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. (Writings 2CH.26.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slinging/#x1)
- They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. (Writings 1CH.12.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slinging/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slinging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slinging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slinging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slinging.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «slinging» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slinging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slinging» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/slinging.html) on Mova free.