how to pronounce sling

/ˈslɪŋ/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of sling is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

sling is pronounced in one syllable

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of sling

1. example pitch curve for pronunciation of sling

test your pronunciation of sling

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of sling

video examples of sling pronunciation

An example use of sling in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… we fired two different sling shots at a …”

meaning of sling

A sling is a piece of cloth that is used to carry something.

sling frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word sling occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sling can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sling can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;