1. a Y-shaped stick with an elastic band used to shoot small stones or other projectiles
2. a maneuver in which a spacecraft uses a planet’s gravity to increase speed and change direction
Usage: aerospace

1. to move or cause to move rapidly as if shot from a slingshot

Examples

• The boy used his slingshot to knock cans off the fence.
• David defeated Goliath with a simple slingshot and stone.
• The spacecraft performed a slingshot maneuver around Jupiter.
• NASA used the planet’s gravity as a slingshot to reach the outer solar system.
• The car slingshot around the curve at high speed.
• She slingshot the rubber band across the room.
• The roller coaster will slingshot riders through a series of loops.