slingshot
IPA: sɫˈɪŋʃɑt
noun
- (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.
verb
- 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.
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Examples of "slingshot" in Sentences
- Consider the slingshot maneuver.
- Like the Slingshot color bonanza.
- A slingshot variation is also possible.
- Their first market idea was a slingshot.
- Correspondence and the slingshot argument.
- A slingshot always moves the object forward.
- That was the slingshot for the rest of my life.
- Bring lightweight fishing gear, and a slingshot.
- Slingshot graphic first appeared on the bodywork.
- He then accidentally fires the slingshot at a car.