Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Y-shaped stick having an elastic strap attached to the prongs, used for flinging small stones.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A Y-shaped
stick with anelastic band between the arms used for shooting smallprojectiles . - verb To use the
gravity of a movingplanet to addmomentum to aspacecraft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
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Examples
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The slingshot is the current ride I keep watching and wondering how far a person would fly if the ropes snapped.
The fair Tyler 2009
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Make a slingshot from a about a 3/4 forked limb, then go to tie place and geta thrown out old innertube.
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Make a slingshot from a about a 3/4 forked limb, then go to tie place and geta thrown out old innertube.
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Maybe he used a slingshot from the next building???
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The slingshot is a David and Goliath reference aimed at putting water and power back in the hands of the individuals.
Colbert and Kamen Solve the World’s Water Problems « Isegoria 2008
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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)
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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.
Yoni the Blogger 2009
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For myself and generations of boys just like me the slingshot was a gateway into the world of hunting.
Slingshot Video 2009
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The stone she chose to load in her slingshot was the personal letter -- a million of them.
Steve Valk: How to Bring Down the Coal and Oil Goliath: A Million Personal Letters Steve Valk 2010
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The stone she chose to load in her slingshot was the personal letter -- a million of them.
Steve Valk: How to Bring Down the Coal and Oil Goliath: A Million Personal Letters Steve Valk 2010
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