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Word entry · 9 letters

slingshot

Best crossword clue

"Y-shaped launcher"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/Part of speech nounSorted ghilnosstStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A Y-shaped handheld device used to shoot small objects with elastic.

Word origin

From sling + shot.

Used in a sentence

  • ‘Terry Madison. Instead of fiddling with that shanghai, give us a thought.’ ‘It’s a gongai,’ Swiftie said. ‘I mean that’s the name for a shanghai which is another name for a catapult...that Mr Delarue calls a slingshot.’
  • The shuttle will slingshot around Jupiter on its way to Saturn.

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