sling shot
Handheld elastic catapult
A slingshot is a Y-shaped device with an elastic band stretched between the prongs, used to shoot small projectiles like stones or pellets.
It's a classic childhood toy and improvised weapon: He broke the window with his slingshot.
In racing and spaceflight, a slingshot maneuver uses gravity or drafting to gain speed.
The verb means to propel something using such momentum: The spacecraft slingshot around the moon.
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- rubber bandStretchable fastening loop
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- bandGroup playing music together
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
launch · take aim · aim · stone · pebble · pull · stretch · Y-shaped · pocket · target · window pane · snap · release · let fly · projectile · velocity · tension · pull back
weapon sophistication
sling shotguided missile
Steerable self-propelled weapon
smart bomb · ballistic missile · cruise missile · machine gun · railgun