noun Download 🔗Share A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles. Examples : "The children were playing in the backyard with their slingshots, aiming at empty cans. " weapon game sport device 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 bounced off the slingshots with a loud thwack, sending it flying back up the playfield. " game machine device entertainment 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 car suddenly slingshotted forward as the driver floored the accelerator. " 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 : "NASA often slingshots spacecraft around Jupiter to accelerate them toward the outer solar system, using the planet's gravity like a cosmic boost. " astronomy space physics technology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
