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outslinging

outslinging is the present participle and gerund of outsling.

Meaning of outsling

Verb

outsling (third-person singular simple present outslings, present participle outslinging, simple past and past participle outslung)

  1. (transitive) To sling more effectively than; to surpass in slinging.
    • As it now is, the enemy outshoot and outsling us so far that the Cretan archers and our javelineers cannot reach them.1851, Henry William Herbert, The Captains of the Old World, page 34
  2. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To hurl outward.
    • And thundering engine murderous balls outsling1876, Edward Shepherd Creasy, Memoirs of Eminent Etonians, page 161

Questions about outslinging

What is outslinging the present participle and gerund of?
Outslinging is the present participle and gerund of outsling.

Words near outslinging in the dictionary

  1. outslid
  2. outslide
  3. outslides
  4. outsliding
  5. outsling
  6. outslinging
  7. outslings
  8. outslink
  9. outslinking
  10. outslinks
  11. outslip

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