Definitions
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- noun The act of competing in the track and field event of putting the
shot , attempting to throw a heavy metal ball for maximum distance using a pushing motion (rather than a bent arm throw) due to the balls great weight.
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Examples
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He had also been a reckonable tennis and squash player; at school, though not having an especially large or powerful physique, he had set a shot-putting record which stood for many years.
On Douglas Parmée 2009
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He had also been a reckonable tennis and squash player; at school, though not having an especially large or powerful physique, he had set a shot-putting record which stood for many years.
A Different Stripe: 2009
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Pagham Road, Boxing DayCBNew Year's Day Parade, London, New Year's DayThis event is themed for the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee, so we hope to see shot-putting Queen lookalikes among the parading cheerleaders, dancers, marching bands and all the Queen's horses.
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He had also been a reckonable tennis and squash player; at school, though not having an especially large or powerful physique, he had set a shot-putting record which stood for many years.
Translation 2010
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Ann Hodgman on The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories by Max Apple: One of the pleasures of this book is that Apple makes you feel he knows everything about everything — or at least everything you know nothing about: shot-putting, running a liquor store or a car-salvage operation,
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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I propose a field study measuring total distance obtained in bicycle propulsion comparing hammer-throwing, shot-putting, javelin-tossing, discus-throwing and caber-tossing bikes in carrier boxes.
Flights of Fancy: The Art of Unsimplification BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Tristan and Seb had spent the past two hours doing ghastly things like shot-putting and hurdle leaping and javelin throwing, and Seb, for one, was about ready to lie down and die.
Everything but the Truth Kate Kingsley 2009
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Consider This: Olga is one of those names that brings to mind shot-putting foreigners with stern faces.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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Consider This: Olga is one of those names that brings to mind shot-putting foreigners with stern faces.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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She looks like a member of the 1956 Soviet Olympic shot-putting contingent.
Life's Little Ironies Laban 2005
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