Phrase guide

shot put

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒtpʊt/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈʃɔtpɵt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈʃɑtpʊt/
  • Australian: /ˈʃɔtpʊt/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈʃɔtpʊt/
  • Scotland: /ˈʃɔtpʉt/
  • rhymes with -ɒtpʊt

1

noun

Meaning 1

An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a heavy metal orb ("shot") as far as possible. Because of the weight of the ball this is done with a pushing ("putting") motion rather than a throwing motion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A trial of shot put.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A ball used to perform the action of shot put.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled as far as possible

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: field event

History

Etymology

Compound of shot (noun) + put (verb).

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَمْيُ الجُلَّة (ramyu l-julla) — athletics event
  • Basque: pisu jaurtiketa — athletics event
  • Bulgarian: тласкане на гюле (tlaskane na gjule) — athletics event
  • Catalan: llançament de pes — athletics event
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鉛球 /铅球 (qiānqiú) — athletics event
  • Czech: vrh koulí — athletics event
  • Danish: kuglestød — athletics event
  • Dutch: kogelstoten — athletics event
  • Esperanto: globoĵeto — athletics event
  • Estonian: kuulitõuge — athletics event
  • Finnish: kuulantyöntö — athletics event
  • French: lancer du poids — athletics event
  • German: Kugelstoßen — athletics event
  • Greek: σφαιροβολία (sfairovolía) — athletics event
  • Greek: σφαίρα (sfaíra) — athletics event
  • Gujarati: ગોળાફેંક (goḷāpheṅk) — athletics event
  • Hebrew: הדיפת כדור ברזל (hadifát kadúr barzél) — athletics event
  • Hungarian: súlylökés — athletics event
  • Icelandic: kúluvarp — athletics event
  • Indonesian: tolak peluru — athletics event
  • Italian: getto del peso — athletics event
  • Italian: lancio del peso — athletics event
  • Japanese: 砲丸投 (hōgannage) — athletics event
  • Korean: 포환던지기 (pohwandeonjigi) — athletics event
  • Korean: 투포환 (tupohwan) — athletics event
  • Latvian: lodes grūšana — athletics event
  • Lithuanian: rutulio stūmimas — athletics event
  • Malay: lontar peluru — athletics event
  • Māori: panga matā — athletics event
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kulestøt — athletics event
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kulestøyt — athletics event
  • Persian: پرتاب وزنه — athletics event
  • Polish: pchnięcie kulą — athletics event
  • Polish: rzut kulą — athletics event
  • Portuguese: arremesso de peso — athletics event
  • Portuguese: lançamento do peso (pt) — athletics event
  • Romanian: aruncarea greutății — athletics event
  • Russian: мета́ние ядра́ (metánije jadrá) — athletics event
  • Russian: толка́ние ядра́ (tolkánije jadrá) — athletics event
  • Serbo-Croatian: бацање кугле — athletics event
  • Serbo-Croatian: bacanje kugle — athletics event
  • Slovak: vrh guľou — athletics event
  • Slovene: suvanje krogle — athletics event
  • Spanish: lanzamiento de peso — athletics event
  • Spanish: lanzamiento de bala — athletics event
  • Swedish: kulstötning — athletics event
  • Turkish: gülle atma — athletics event
  • Ukrainian: штовха́ння ядра́ (štovxánnja jadrá) — athletics event
  • Vietnamese: đẩy tạ — athletics event
  • Volapük: glöbijedam — athletics event