slingshot

Meanings

Noun

• A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
• 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.

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.

Related

Similar words

• bean shooter, catapult , flip, hand catapult, shanghai

Origin

• sling + shot