shotput
shotput Lexical Profile
shotput Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A track and field event in which competitors heave a heavy metal ball as far as possible from the shoulder using a pushing motion.
"She won the gold medal in the shotput at the national track and field championships."
The heavy spherical metal ball propelled in a shotput competition.
"The coach unlocked the equipment shed and handed each athlete a sixteen-pound shotput."
• verb
To compete in the shotput or propel a heavy spherical object using a pushing motion from the shoulder.
"He began to shotput in high school before transitioning to the discus throw in college."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the 19th century as a compound of 'shot' (referring to a heavy spherical cannonball) and 'put' (in the Scottish and Northern English sense of pushing or thrusting a weight from the shoulder).