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slingshooting

UK/ˈslɪŋʃuːtɪŋ/

slingshooting is the present participle and gerund of slingshoot.

Meaning of slingshoot

Adverb

slingshoot (third-person singular simple present slingshoots, present participle slingshooted, simple past slingshot, past participle slingshotted)

  1. (informal, rare) Propel or launch with or as if with a slingshot.
    • I did not like him and at times had the urge to yank back on his armbands and slingshoot him out past Otto and the lions into the street.1959, Philip Roth, Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories, Houghton Mifflin, page 35

Questions about slingshooting

What is slingshooting the present participle and gerund of?
Slingshooting is the present participle and gerund of slingshoot.
How do you pronounce slingshooting?
Slingshooting is pronounced /ˈslɪŋʃuːtɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near slingshooting in the dictionary

  1. slings the hatchet
  2. slings to
  3. slings up
  4. Slingsby
  5. slingshoot
  6. slingshooting
  7. slingshoots
  8. slingshot
  9. slingshot effect
  10. slingshot effects
  11. slingshots

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