slingshotting

Verb

slingshot (third-person singular simple present slingshots, present participle slingshotting, simple past and past participle slingshotted)

1. To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.
2. To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.
   • The shuttle will slingshot around Jupiter on its way to Saturn.
3. (UK, slang) To perform the slingshot manoeuvre (see Noun).

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