slingshot

Definitions

1. pebble, small stone (usually rounded)
2. A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
   Australia, Philippines, US
3. A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers.
4. female equivalent of chino (“Chinese man”)
5. A sling bikini.
6. china (porcelain)
7. An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
8. orange, sweet orange
9. The act of passing cars queuing in the left-hand lane and using the right-hand lane to go around a roundabout, exiting at the desired junction having avoided the queue.
   UK, slang
10. Synonym of slingshot effect.

Equivalents

Examples

“‘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.’”

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