shot put
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nounDefinition of SHOT PUT
: a field event in which a shot is heaved for distance
— shot–put·ter \ˈshät-ˌpu̇-tər\ noun
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1898
Rhymes with SHOT PUT
afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, hotfoot, input, kaput, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, Rajput, redroot, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, throughput, trench foot, uproot, webfoot
shot put
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Field event in which a metal ball is heaved for distance. It derives from the ancient event of “putting the stone”; later a shot (cannonball) was substituted. A 16-lb (7.3-kg) shot was adopted for men in the first modern Olympic Games (1896); an 8.8-lb (4-kg) weight is used by women.
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