Past tense of sling
irregular verb
The past tense of sling is slung. The past participle is also slung.
Forms of sling
| Base form (V1) | sling /ˈslɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | slung /ˈslʌŋ/ |
| Past participle (V3) | slung /ˈslʌŋ/ |
| Present participle | slinging |
| Third person singular | slings |
Slung in a sentence
- She slung over everything to be here today.From the entry sling over
- They slung out products that nobody bought.From the entry sling out
- He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".From the entry sell
- Dewar, one-handed still, rootched in the bag slung at his hip and found the jemmy bar.2018, Elizabeth Willey, A Sorcerer and a Gentleman, Gateway, →ISBN. From the entry rootch
- When you're in your virtuous couch you're not slung out of it.2015, A. Bertram Chandler, Alternate Orbits. From the entry virtuous couch
Meaning of sling
- verb To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
- verb To throw with a sling.
- verb To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
Verbs like sling
Questions about the past tense of sling
- What is the past tense of sling?
- The past tense of sling is slung.
- What is the past participle of sling?
- The past participle of sling is slung.
- Is sling a regular or irregular verb?
- Sling is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sling (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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