Slingshot

Quick meaning: Slingshot is a noun meaning A sling bikini.

Meaning

A sling bikini.

More Meanings

1. (powerlifting) An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
2. Synonym of slingshot effect.
3. To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.
4. To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.
5. (UK, slang, automotive) The act of passing cars queuing in the left-hand lane and using the right-hand lane to go around a roundabout, exiting at the desired junction having avoided the queue.
6. (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.
7. (chiefly US, Australia, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

Example Sentences

The shuttle will slingshot around Jupiter on its way to Saturn.

‘Terry Madison. Instead of fiddling with that shanghai, give us a thought.’ ‘It’s a gongai,’ Swiftie said. ‘I mean that’s the name for a shanghai which is another name for a catapult...that Mr Delarue calls a slingshot.’

Word Forms

• slingshots
• slingshotting
• slingshotted

Synonyms for slingshot

Depending on context, synonyms include bean shooter, catapult, flip, shanghai, sling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sling, catapult, sling stone, slungshot, bullet, shanghai.

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