Meanings
nounshot put (usually uncountable, plural shot puts)
plural shot puts · alternative shotput
- uncountableusuallyathleticsAn 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.
- countableusuallyathleticsA trial of shot put.
- countableusuallyathleticsA ball used to perform the action of shot put.
Origin
Compound of shot (noun) + put (verb).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَمْيُ الجُلَّة
- رَمْيُ الجُلَّة (ramyu l-julla)athletics event
Basque pisu jaurtiketa
- pisu jaurtiketaathletics event
Bulgarian тласкане на гюле
- тласкане на гюле (tlaskane na gjule)athletics event
Catalan llançament de pes
- llançament de pesathletics event
Chinese Mandarin 鉛球 /铅球
- 鉛球 /铅球 (qiānqiú)athletics event
Czech vrh koulí
- vrh koulíathletics event
Danish kuglestød
- kuglestødathletics event
Dutch kogelstoten
- kogelstotenathletics event
Esperanto globoĵeto
- globoĵetoathletics event
Estonian kuulitõuge
- kuulitõugeathletics event
Finnish kuulantyöntö
- kuulantyöntöathletics event
French lancer du poids
- lancer du poidsathletics event
German Kugelstoßen
- Kugelstoßenathletics event
Greek σφαιροβολία, σφαίρα
- σφαιροβολία (sfairovolía)athletics event
- σφαίρα (sfaíra)athletics event
Hebrew הדיפת כדור ברזל
- הדיפת כדור ברזל (hadifát kadúr barzél)athletics event
Hungarian súlylökés
- súlylökésathletics event
Icelandic kúluvarp
- kúluvarpathletics event
Indonesian tolak peluru
- tolak peluruathletics event
Italian getto del peso, lancio del peso
- getto del pesoathletics event
- lancio del pesoathletics event
Japanese 砲丸投, 砲丸投げ
- 砲丸投athletics event
- 砲丸投げ (hōgannage)athletics event
Korean 포환던지기, 투포환
- 포환던지기 (pohwandeonjigi)athletics event
- 투포환 (tupohwan)athletics event
Latvian lodes grūšana
- lodes grūšanaathletics event
Lithuanian rutulio stūmimas
- rutulio stūmimasathletics event
Malay lontar peluru
- lontar peluruathletics event
Māori panga matā, matā
- panga matāathletics event
- matāA ball used to perform the action of shot put.
Norwegian Bokmål kulestøt
- kulestøtathletics event
Persian پرتاب وزنه
- پرتاب وزنهathletics event
Polish pchnięcie kulą, rzut kulą
- pchnięcie kuląathletics event
- rzut kuląathletics event
Portuguese arremesso de peso, lançamento do peso (pt)
- arremesso de pesoathletics event
- lançamento do peso (pt)athletics event
Romanian aruncarea greutății
- aruncarea greutățiiathletics event
Russian мета́ние ядра́, толка́ние ядра́
- мета́ние ядра́ (metánije jadrá)athletics event
- толка́ние ядра́ (tolkánije jadrá)athletics event
Slovak vrh guľou
- vrh guľouathletics event
Spanish lanzamiento de peso, lanzamiento de bala
- lanzamiento de pesoathletics event
- lanzamiento de balaathletics event
Swedish kulstötning
- kulstötningathletics event
Turkish gülle atma
- gülle atmaathletics event
Ukrainian штовха́ння ядра́
- штовха́ння ядра́ (štovxánnja jadrá)athletics event
Vietnamese đẩy tạ
- đẩy tạathletics event
Cite this entry
APA
shot put. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shot%20put
MLA
“shot put.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shot%20put. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shot put,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shot%20put.
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