sling

For the verb: "to sling"

Simple Past:	slung
Past Participle:	slung

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sling1

▶noun

• 1 a flexible strap or belt used in the form of a loop to support or raise a hanging weight.

  ■ a bandage or soft strap looped round the neck to support an injured arm.

  ■ a pouch or frame for carrying a baby, supported by a strap round the neck or shoulders.

• 2 a simple weapon in the form of a strap or loop, used to hurl stones or other small missiles.

• 3 Austral./NZ informal a bribe or gratuity.

▶verb (past and past part. slung)

• 1 suspend or carry loosely with or as with a sling or strap.

• 2 Brit. informal throw; fling.

• 3 hurl from a sling or similar weapon.

• 4 Austral./NZ informal pay a bribe or gratuity.

• 5 (sling off) Austral./NZ informal make mocking remarks about someone or something.

– phrases
put someone's (or have one's) ass in a sling N. Amer. vulgar slang cause someone to be (or be) in trouble.

– derivatives
slinger noun.

– origin ME: prob. from Low Ger., of symbolic origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sling2

▶noun a sweetened drink of spirits, especially gin, and water.

– origin C18: of unknown origin.