How to pronounce “slingshot”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (chiefly US, Australia, Philippines) 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.
• A sling bikini.
• (powerlifting) An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
• (UK, slang, automotive) 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.
• Synonym of slingshot effect.
• [Verb]
• To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.
• To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.
• (UK, slang, automotive) To perform the slingshot manoeuvre (see Noun).

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