slingy

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6

Definition of slingy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Tending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.
    “A right-arm fast bowler with a slingy action not unlike Lasith Malinga's, Rubel Hossain began by playing tapeball cricket in his home town of Bagerhat (in Khulna), […]”
    “[…] who had forged a good reputation in the Lancashire League and also for Western Province in South Africa's Currie Cup cricket, where he batted middle-order and bowled brisk medium-pace with a slingy action.”

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Etymology

From sling + -y.

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