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slingshoots

UK/ˈslɪŋʃuːts/

slingshoots is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 slingshoots

What is slingshoots the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slingshoots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slingshoot.
How do you pronounce slingshoots?
Slingshoots is pronounced /ˈslɪŋʃuːts/ (UK).

Words near slingshoots in the dictionary

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

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