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The word sling may refer to:
Businesses
- Sling Media, a technology company that provides placeshifting and Smart TV technology
- Sling TV, a U.S. IPTV service to be operated by Dish Network
Clothing
- Sling (firearms), a harness attached to a long gun such as a rifle or a shotgun, designed to support the firearm in some intended position
- Baby sling, a piece of fabric tied to carry a child or infant
- Sling swimsuit, a type of swimsuit, sometimes a bikini variant
- Slingback, a type of woman's shoe
Drinks
- Sling (drink), a mixed drink, originally American, composed of spirit and water, sweetened and flavoured
- Singapore Sling, a cocktail that was invented by Ngiam Tong Boon for the Raffles Hotel in Singapore
In medicine
- A bandage to support an injured arm, consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging around the neck
- Sling (implant), in surgery
Places
- Sling, Llanddona, Wales
- Sling, Gloucestershire, England, a small village in the Forest of Dean
Weapons
- Sling (weapon), a device used to hurl projectiles
- Slingshot, (esp in the United States) a small hand-powered projectile weapon
- Sling (cannon), an early modern gunpowder weapon
Other uses
- Sling (climbing equipment), a loop of webbing that can be wrapped around rock or tied to other equipment
- Sling (furniture), a suspended, free-swinging chair, bed, or hammock
- Sling (Transformers), a fictional character
- Sling, a component used in a rigging system for lifting; frequently made of wire rope or synthetic fiber
- Apache Sling, a Java web framework
- Hawaiian sling, a device used in spearfishing
- Sex swing, also known as a "sling"
- Ski jumping sling, an item of sports training equipment
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