slingy

English

Etymology

sling +‎ -y

Adjective

slingy (comparative more slingy, superlative most slingy)

1. (cricket) Tending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.
   • 2011, Steven Lynch, The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2012, page 144:

     A right-arm fast bowler with a slingy action not unlike Lasith Malinga's, Rubel Hossain began by playing tapeball cricket in his home town of Bagerhat (in Khulna), […]

   • 2018, Alan Wilkins, Easier Said Than Done: A Life in Sport:

     […] who had forged a good reputation in the Lancashire League and also for Western Province in South Africa's Currie Cup cricket, where he batted middle-order and bowled brisk medium-pace with a slingy action.