A throw of a stone or other heavy weight. Now only in Athletics: an act of putting the shot, a throw of the shot.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing weight, shot, or ball (21) putc1300 A throw of a stone or other heavy weight. Now only in Athletics: an act of putting the shot, a throw of the shot. puttingc1300 Esp. in the Highland Games: the action or sport of throwing a large stone or other heavy object from the shoulder. See put, v. 4. shot put1887 An athletic contest in which a shot (shot, n.1 14c) is propelled as far as possible from a starting position in a hand tucked between shoulder and… shot-putting1894 weight-putting1900 weight throwing1901 softball throw1930 an athletic event in which a softball is thrown as far as possible. Subcategories:— thrower (5) — almost equal throw (1) — weight, shot, or discus (7) — hammer (1) |
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