noun🔗ShareA Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles."The boy used his slingshot to shoot pebbles at the pigeons in the park. "weapondevicesportgamemachineitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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."The pinball flew upwards, hitting the slingshot with a loud thwack and bouncing back down towards the flippers at surprising speed. "gamemachineentertainmentdevicepartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot."The rollercoaster slingshot riders up the steep hill at incredible speed. "actionphysicsweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(especially) To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft."The engineers slingshotted the probe around Jupiter to gain speed for its journey to Saturn. "astronomyspacephysicstechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
