单词 | shot put |
释义 | shot putn. Athletics. 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 neck, the force for the throw being generated mainly by the swing of the body; the action or an instance of propelling the shot in this way. Also: the shot itself. Cf. put v. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing weight, shot, or ball putc1300 puttingc1300 shot put1887 shot-putting1894 weight-putting1900 weight throwing1901 softball throw1930 1887 N.-Y. Times 23 Oct. 17/7 Barry's raising of Lambrecht's record for the light shot put. 1916 Washington Post 9 July (Sporting section) 3/1 The events on the track will be 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash,..pole vault, shot putt, discuss [sic] throw and heaving line. 1955 ‘P. Dennis’ Auntie Mame iv. 62 She copped half the prizes at the Danbury Fair and broke the ladies' shot-put record for all time. 1989 T. Howe Approaching Zanzibar 20 The only eight-year-old girl I know who can throw a shot put 50 yards. 1990 Ironman Oct. 119/2 If it hadn't been for the misjudgment..Brenner would have actualized his dream and owned the world record with the first 76'+ shot put. 2002 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 14 Aug. 4 Winning 12 gold medals in shot put, discus and javelin at six world paraplegic games. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1887 |
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