slingshots

Noun

slingshot (plural slingshots)

1. (Australia, Philippines, US) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
   • ‘Terry Madison. Instead of fiddling with that shanghai, give us a thought.’ ‘It’s a gongai,’ Swiftie said. ‘I mean that’s the name for a shanghai which is another name for a catapult...that Mr Delarue calls a slingshot.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 61

   Synonyms:

   bean shooter, catapult, flip, hand catapult, shanghai

2. (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.
3. A sling bikini.
4. An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
5. (UK, slang) The act of passing cars queuing in the left-hand lane and using the right-hand lane to go around a roundabout, exiting at the desired junction having avoided the queue.
6. Synonym of slingshot effect.

   Synonyms:

   slingshot effect

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