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slinging for

slinging for is the present participle and gerund of sling for.

Meaning of sling for

Verb

sling for (third-person singular simple present slings for, present participle slinging for, simple past and past participle slung for)

  1. (UK, colloquial, dated, transitive) To pay for (something); to spring for (something).

Questions about slinging for

What is slinging for the present participle and gerund of?
Slinging for is the present participle and gerund of sling for.

Words near slinging for in the dictionary

  1. slingeth
  2. slingin'
  3. slinging
  4. slinging about
  5. slinging along
  6. slinging for
  7. slinging ink
  8. slinging it in
  9. slinging off
  10. slinging one up
  11. slinging one's hook

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slinging for (page history and authors); sling for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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