The shot put is throwing a heavy metal ball as far as you can. Compete in the shot put.
It must be pushed from the shoulder rather than thrown, which is what the name means. The men's shot put ball weighs a little over seven kilograms.
1nounshot putThrowing a heavy metal ball as far as you can.
“The shot put was held in the corner of the stadium in the rain.”
shot put is an event.
shot + put.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Sports & Games Played