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   slingshot

   /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/

   noun

   • 1. a forked stick, to which an elastic strap (or a pair of elastic bands connected by a small sling) is fastened to the two prongs, typically used for shooting small stones; a catapult. North American
   • ▪ a shot from a slingshot: "you'll get whizzed out the window like a slingshot"
   • 2. the effect of the gravitational pull of a celestial object in accelerating and changing the course of another object or a spacecraft: "stars passing near a black hole might be ejected by a gravitational slingshot effect"

   verb

   • 1. forcefully accelerate through the effect of gravity: "the car would hit the first dip, then slingshot off the second rise"

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