noun Download 🔗Share A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles. Examples : "The boy used his slingshot to shoot pebbles at the pigeons in the park. " weapon device sport game machine item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The pinball flew upwards, hitting the slingshot with a loud thwack and bouncing back down towards the flippers at surprising speed. " game machine entertainment device part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot. Examples : "The rollercoaster slingshot riders up the steep hill at incredible speed. " action physics weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (especially) To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft. Examples : "The engineers slingshotted the probe around Jupiter to gain speed for its journey to Saturn. " astronomy space physics technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
