slinger

sling·er

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sling-er]
- /ˈslɪŋ ər/
- /ˈslɪŋə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sling-er]
- /ˈslɪŋ ər/

Definitions of slinger word

noun slinger a person or thing that slings. 1
noun slinger Machinery. flinger (def 2). 1
noun slinger a man using a sling for throwing missiles, as in ancient warfare 0
noun slinger a person who throws or slings 0
noun slinger a person operating, or supervising the use of, a sling, as in loading 0

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Origin of slinger

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at sling1, -er1

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Parts of speech for Slinger

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Slinger

slinger popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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