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kugelstoßen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • put verb To move something into a particular place or position.

Senses

kugelstoßen is used for these senses in English:

  • put (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
  • shot put (athletics, uncountable) 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.

put — full definition

  1. verb To move something into a particular place or position.
  2. verb To express something in a particular way.
  3. verb To bring someone or something into a certain state or condition.
  4. verb To estimate or calculate roughly.
  5. noun In finance, an option giving the holder the right to sell an asset at a set price.

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