slingshot
Speech parts
1. slingshot - Noun
2. slingshot - Verb
Meaning
a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
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According to Dave Ulmer's message, this cache was a black plastic bucket that was partially buried and contained software, videos, books, food, money, and a slingshot.
Accordingly, many spacecraft utilize reaction wheels or control moment gyroscopes to control orientation in space. citation A gravitational slingshot can carry a space probe onward to other destinations without the expense of reaction mass.
A home-made derivative of a slingshot also exists, consisting of a rubber balloon cut in half and tied to a tubular object such as the neck of a plastic bottle, or a small pipe.
A protester uses a slingshot toward the Lebanese riot police.
Larry’s latest gold chart suggests it will either slingshot much higher very soon, or break down from the hemispherical Bowl pattern and run off sideways for some time to form a Handle consolidation.
In another strip, he sold "insurance", firing a slingshot at those who refused to buy it.