slingshot, sling, catapult
(noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slingshot (plural slingshots)
(chiefly, American) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
(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.
• (stick with elastic band for shooting projectiles): bean shooter, catapult (UK), flip, hand catapult, shanghai (Australia and New Zealand)
slingshot (third-person singular simple present slingshots, present participle slingshotting, simple past and past participle slingshotted)
To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.
(especially) To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.
Source: Wiktionary
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
