Usually means: Throwing heavy ball for distance.
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  1. shot put: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shot put, the shot put: Merriam-Webster
  3. shot put: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shot put: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shot put: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shot put: Vocabulary.com
  7. shot-put: Wordnik
  8. shot put: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. shot put: Wiktionary
  10. shot put: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. shot put: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. shot put: Dictionary.com
  13. Shot Put, Shot put: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. shot put: Rhymezone
  15. shot put: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. shot put: FreeDictionary.org
  17. shot put: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. shot put: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shot put: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shot put: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shot Put: Sports Definitions

(Note: See shot-putter as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shot put)

noun:  (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.
noun:  (athletics, countable) A trial of shot put.
noun:  (athletics, countable) A ball used to perform the action of shot put.

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