WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shot put
    n 1: an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is
         hurled as far as possible

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "shot put":
   bowl, cast, change of pace, change-up, chuck, chunk, curve,
   downcurve, fastball, fling, flip, forward pass, heave, hurl,
   incurve, knuckleball, lateral, lateral pass, lob, outcurve, pass,
   peg, pitch, put, screwball, serve, service, shy, sinker, slider,
   sling, spitball, spitter, throw, toss, upcurve