slingshot

IPA: sɫˈɪŋʃɑt

(chiefly US) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
(pinball) A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers.
A sling bikini.
(powerlifting) An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.

To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.
(especially) To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.

Examples of "slingshot" in Sentences

Maybe he used a slingshot from the next building???
The stone she chose to load in her slingshot was the personal letter -- a million of them.
For myself and generations of boys just like me the slingshot was a gateway into the world of hunting.
Make a slingshot from a about a 3/4 forked limb, then go to tie place and geta thrown out old innertube.
The slingshot is the current ride I keep watching and wondering how far a person would fly if the ropes snapped.
The slingshot is a David and Goliath reference aimed at putting water and power back in the hands of the individuals.
The slingshot is a tanga becayse uplift from the ties in the neck will force the legline upward and inward, the bikini will reveal butt cheeks. (w/pics)
The Rogatka - "slingshot" - bar was opened by an "anarchist collective" who once ran the Salon Mazal bar; it is located on Yitzhak Sadeh street in central Tel Aviv.