slingshot
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈslɪŋˌʃɑt/
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tirachinas (Esp.)
- As we went back home, we decided that we would all have to have slingshots.
- firing slingshots
- slingshot stones
- shoot from slingshots
Like one time Opie killed a bird with a slingshot and.
- Like one time Opie killed a bird with a slingshot and.
- I could have shot it with a homemade slingshot and it hit this thing.
- Here's a slingshot, but it's still David with a slingshot.
- But hey, I hope that you have honor and you have the ability to create stuff that we can use a slingshot, a bow and arrow, right?
- I think it was, I think it was the slingshot where we slung slingshotted the little, the, the, the little girl crash test dummy.
- He's done logic, but he's he's also very well known for his famous slingshot argument with John Barr Wise a a long time collaborator of his.
Examples
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"I'm going to get me a slingshot," I told him.
Fiction book (1993) -
And he steps out into the valley, with his slingshot in his hand.
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I could have shot it with a homemade slingshot and it hit this thing.
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Andy, you got a slingshot in there for me, my man?
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I fought them for eight hours with my slingshot.
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Claire and Daddy tried their hand at using the slingshot to shoot gourds at targets.
Blog text (14) -
"Maybe we can shoot them with our slingshots," Frankie finally suggested.
Fiction book (1995) -
He used his slingshot to hit the target from a distance with small stones.
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The children had a lot of fun at the park, launching pebbles from their slingshots.
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She carefully loaded the slingshot with a stone before taking aim at the tree.
Synonyms
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5.3
A simple weapon made from a forked stick and strap for throwing small stones
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Etymology
Slingshot comes from the two simple words sling and shot. A sling is a simple tool for throwing stones and shot means 'to shoot', so the name pictures the little Y-shaped hand device that 'shoots' stones like a tiny sling.