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Definition: Slinger |
SlingerNoun1. A person who uses a sling to throw something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "slinger" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | Disc fixed on a shaft so as to prevent oil from creeping along it, the oil being thrown off centrifugally. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Assembles rigging to lift and move equipment or material in manufacturing plant, shipyard, or on construction project: Selects cables, ropes, pulleys, winches, blocks, and sheaves, according to weight and size of load to be moved. Attaches pulley and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, with bolts and clamps. Attaches load with grappling devices, such as loops, wires, ropes, and chains, to crane hook. Gives directions to OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR (any industry) 921.663-010 or HOISTING ENGINEER (any industry) engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and material handled, using hand signals, loudspeaker, or telephone. Sets up, braces, and rigs hoisting equipment, using handtools and power wrenches. Splices rope and wire cables to make or repair slings and tackle. May direct workers engaged in hoisting of machinery and equipment into ships and be designated Machinery Erector (ship-boat mfg.). When hoisting and moving construction machinery onto truck beds, may be designated Machine Mover (construction). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Slinger, Wisconsin."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Book | Writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism; pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger; publicist; reporter, penny a liner; editor, subeditor; playwright; poet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Slinger |
| English words defined with "slinger": slinger ring. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "slinger": CHOKE SETTER ♦ HOOK TENDER ♦ Jerimoth ♦ LABORER, STARCH FACTORY ♦ oil slinger ♦ rectangle slinger, RIGGING SLINGER ♦ SLINGER, SEQUINS, SPOUT TENDER II. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Slinger" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (garland, wreath). |
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Screenplays | I want you to round up ever vicious criminal and gun slinger in the west. (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) | |
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Books | |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "slinger" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Slinger | Last name | 170 | 42,049 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Slinger, WI (village, FIPS 74400) |
Expressions using "slinger": hash house slinger ♦ mud slinger ♦ oil slinger ♦ rectangle slinger ♦ slinger ring. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "slinger": ink-slinger. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
slinger wisconsin | 65 |
slinger speedway | 51 |
slinger | 31 |
slinger speedway super | 17 |
slinger stone | 13 |
slinger high school | 11 |
district school slinger | 10 |
great plane slinger | 3 |
slinger superspeedway | 3 |
raceway slinger | 3 |
slinger francisco | 3 |
chris slinger | 2 |
slinger school | 2 |
mud slinger | 2 |
slinger village | 2 |
dj soul slinger | 2 |
headed purple slinger yogurt | 2 |
fest slinger | 2 |
slinger truck | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "slinger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عامل في مطعم (hash house slinger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 投石者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | smeerring (oil slinger, oil thrower, oil thrower ring, slinger ring), oliering (oil slinger, oil thrower, oil thrower ring, slinger ring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bague de projection d'huile (oil slinger), bague de projection (oil slinger), élingueur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ölschleuderring (flinger, oil slinger, oil thrower). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκσφενδονιστήσ, ελαιολιπαντικός δακτύλιος (oil slinger, oil thrower, oil thrower ring, slinger ring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קלע (marksman, sharpshooter, sniper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | anello di protezione olio (oil slinger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 던지" 사람. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tilgeyr (founder, pitcher, pourer, projector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ingerslay anel de projecção do óleo (oil slinger), anel de projecção (oil slinger). (various references) строповщик;маслоотражатель. (various references) eslingador. (various references) นักเขียนอาชีพ (ink slinger). (various references) người bắn ná người ném đá. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fundibalarii, fundibalariis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "slinger": slingers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "slinger": gunslinger, mudslinger. (additional references) | |
Words containing "slinger": gunslingers, mudslingers. (additional references) | |
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"Slinger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eslinger, Esslingen, klinger, Salingar, salinger, seldinger, selengor, Seliger, Selinger, Sellenger, Siliguri, slager, slangerup, slinder, slinged, slingo, slonger, soliger, Zollinger. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "slinger" (pronounced sli"nger) |
| 4 | -l i" ng er | Clinger. |
| 3 | -i" ng er | binger, dinger, ringer, singer, springer, stinger, Stringer, swinger, winger, wringer, zinger. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lingers. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: grilse, ingles, ligers, liners, linger, reigns, renigs, resign, sering, signer, singer, single. | |
-2 letters: girls, girns, glens, grins, ingle, lenis, liens, liers, liger, liner, lines, lings, reign, reins, renig, resin, riels, riles, rings, rinse, risen, segni, sengi, serin, singe, siren, slier, sling. | |
-3 letters: egis, engs, ergs, erns, gels, gens, gien, gies, gins, girl, girn. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: aligners, clingers, cringles, engrails, erlkings, flingers, gremlins, jinglers, minglers, nargiles, nigglers, realigns, resiling, resoling, riesling, ringlets, shingler, signaler, slangier, slingers, sniggler, sterling, tinglers. | |
+2 letters: algerines, allergins, ashlering, clearings, draglines, eloigners, engirdles, finaglers, florigens, geranials, geraniols, glycerins, gnarliest, graplines, gruelings, hirelings, hirseling, indulgers, inselberg, integrals, layerings, learnings, ligroines, lingerers, lingeries, lustering, maligners, malingers, morseling, narghiles, nargilehs, ravelings, realising, reedlings, regionals, relapsing, releasing, religions, relishing, relisting, repulsing, resailing, rescaling, resealing, reselling, reshingle, reslating, resolving, restyling, resulting, rieslings, searingly, shearling, shinglers, signalers, signaller, silvering, slavering, slivering, snigglers, soldering, spanglier, sterlings, streeling, surcingle, triangles, wrestling, yearlings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 69 6E 67 65 72 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. .. -. --. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l i n g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 0069 006E 0067 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53787580737184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Cities 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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