Definition of Shotput

1. an athletic event [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shotput

shotgun weddings
shotgunlike
shotgunned
shotgunner
shotgunners
shotgunning
shotguns
shothole
shotholes
shotless
shotmaker
shotmakers
shotmaking
shotnoise
shotproof
shotput (current term)
shotputs
shots
shots on goal
shots to nothing
shott
shotta
shottas
shotte
shotted
shotted suture
shotten
shottes
shottie
shotties

Literary usage of Shotput

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
"shotput—8 pounds 25 feet. Swimming 1 hour, showing the breast, side and back ... Eight-pound shotput 14 feet 9 inches. Standing broad jump 5 feet 3 inches. ..."

2. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"That the points were fiercely contested is shown by the fact that Dartmouth broke its college records in the mile run, shotput, and the two mile run; ..."

3. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"It is especially useful for players drilling on the handling of the basket ball 01 shotput, and is a good substitute for shotput for girls. ..."

4. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"The throwers in track and field (hammer, shotput, discus, and javelin) are another group in which the use of androgens is frequently reported (Ljungqvist ..."

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