slingshot
noun
a Y -shaped stick with an elastic strip between the prongs for shooting stones and other small missiles.
slingshots
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pluralof slingshot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fernando, Osmin and their two younger brothers spent their free time shooting slingshots and riding ATVs around acres of dirt roads and fields that belonged to the company where their parents worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
After the spacecraft slingshots past the Moon, the astronauts begin their four-day journey home, drawn back with the help of the Earth's gravity.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Doreck’s Joe, the show’s secret weapon, slingshots across the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
In 1935, two men armed with slingshots headed to Central Park to hunt.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
The children of these families wouldn’t look at us, and they jumped at the sound of chopping wood or as stones landed on the tin roofs flung by children hunting birds with slingshots.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
