slingshotn.

Forms: Also sling-shot.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslingshot.

Originally U.S.

a. A catapult.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > catapult

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1849 N. Kingsley Diary 23 Oct. (1914) 77 Many are getting up sling-shots,..but I hope we shall never have occasion to use them, but we must all do something to pass away the time.

1895 Outing 27 51/1 The natives, who now and then throw stones from a sling-shot at the bolder birds.

1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Oct. 5/2 The police have started a crusade against the use of slingshots and air and pea guns by boys.

1966 Economist 2 July 28/2 In peasant style, they placed women and children to the fore, and used slingshots with shepherds' accuracy to defend themselves against the detachment of police cavalry.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds i. 3 She played happily with the whistles and slingshots..her brothers discarded.

b. In various figurative and transferred uses implying propulsion from or as from a catapult (see quots.) Also as quasi-adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [adverb] > as if from a catapult

slingshot1951

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > a projectile > (as) from a catapult

slingshot1951

1951 Sun (Baltimore) 10 July 15/3 [In a game of soft~ball] I've never seen a pitcher get away with an illegal pitch in the national or league play... Most of them throw just like I do—straight windmill—and out on the Coast, they throw slingshot.

1964 W. Golding Spire ix. 159 The weather..began to squeeze bursts of rain out of the air like slingshot, so that although the men were wet, they were warm with the stinging.

1975 New Yorker 30 June 81/1 That's the slingshot there—where the rubber is stretched between bumpers [in a pinball machine].

1976 J. James Bridge of Sand iii. 62 There came immediately on us a great storm of hail. The sling~shots of the Gods rattled on our helmets, bounced off our shields, almost cut our faces.

1976 6,000 Words 184 Slingshot. n, 1: a maneuver in auto racing in which a drafting car accelerates past the car in front by taking advantage of reserve power 2: a dragster in which the driver sits behind the rear wheels.

1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iii. vii. 222 Harry London's feet hit the floor like slingshots.

c. Astronautics. A space flight which uses the gravitational pull of a celestial body in order to accelerate sharply and, usually, to change course. Frequently attributive (see Compounds 3.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > using gravitational pull

slingshot1970

1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon viii. 174 The three men on Apollo 11 had to decide whether to allow themselves to be ‘captured’ by lunar gravity—or take the slingshot and come home.

1971 Encyclopedia Science Suppl. 350 The next flight now scheduled is for 1973, a ‘slingshot’ that will pass close to Venus on its way to Mercury.

2. A weapon consisting of a heavy weight wrapped in a cloth or equivalent and used as a cosh; a blackjack. ? Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > flail or black-jack

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1891 H. Herman His Angel ix. 149 He made a ghastly horrible sling-shot by filling a heavy tumbler with the iron tops screwed off from the fire-irons, and tying the lot in a handkerchief.

1904 N.Y. Evening Post 24 June 2/6 The guards..are authorized to carry slingshots... [They] are heavily loaded with lead, and are securely attached to the wrist.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. (In sense 1a.)

slingshot crotch n.

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1923 W. Cather Lost Lady ii. 16 They had behaved like wild creatures all morning;..cutting sling~shot crotches.

C2. (In sense 1b.)

slingshot dragster n.

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1962 Engineering 5 Jan. 5/1 Sydney Allard's immaculately prepared ‘slingshot’ dragster, with its 480 hp. Roots-blown Chrysler V8 engine.

C3. (In sense 1c.)

slingshot action n.

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1979 Guardian 3 Sept. 11/3 Accelerated and turned by the slingshot action of Saturn's gravitational field, the spacecraft is heading out past Titan on a new trajectory.

slingshot attitude n.

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1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iv. 83 We've completed our maneuvers to observe the slingshot attitude.

slingshot flight n.

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1971 Guardian 16 Dec. 13/5 Designed..to use the gravitational fields of the planets for ‘sling-shot’ flights which—using Jupiter as the primary springboard—visit Saturn and Pluto, then Uranus and Neptune.

slingshot manœuvre n.

ΚΠ

1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iv. 82 A ‘slingshot’ maneuver, a trajectory which would take it behind the trailing edge of the moon.

slingshot trajectory n.

ΚΠ

1976 Sci. News 18 June 391 The ‘slingshot’ trajectory between the worlds has carried Pioneer 11 about 16° above the plane of the ecliptic.

Derivatives

ˈslingshot v. intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly

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1969 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 5 July 6/4 ‘I could stay with him in a draft (the two cars running one behind the other).’.. Yarborough said he purposely gave Baker two chances to slingshot past to learn if he was fast enough.

1980 Dirt Bike Oct. 68/1 Ward's body inched forward with increasing speed until he slingshotted at blurring velocity to and beyond the Yamaha.

ˈsling-shooting adj.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective] > using sling or catapult

sling-shooting1975

1975 B. Garfield Death Sentence xxi. 106 The lights were all gone: stone-throwing and sling-shooting kids routinely used them for target practice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	slingshot
释义	slingshotn. Forms: Also sling-shot. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslingshot. Originally U.S. 1. a. A catapult. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > catapult manubalista1460 catapult1577 siege engine1763 slingshot1849 shanghai1863 nigger-shooter1876 catty1893 1849 N. Kingsley Diary 23 Oct. (1914) 77 Many are getting up sling-shots,..but I hope we shall never have occasion to use them, but we must all do something to pass away the time. 1895 Outing 27 51/1 The natives, who now and then throw stones from a sling-shot at the bolder birds. 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Oct. 5/2 The police have started a crusade against the use of slingshots and air and pea guns by boys. 1966 Economist 2 July 28/2 In peasant style, they placed women and children to the fore, and used slingshots with shepherds' accuracy to defend themselves against the detachment of police cavalry. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds i. 3 She played happily with the whistles and slingshots..her brothers discarded. b. In various figurative and transferred uses implying propulsion from or as from a catapult (see quots.) Also as quasi-adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [adverb] > as if from a catapult slingshot1951 the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > a projectile > (as) from a catapult slingshot1951 1951 Sun (Baltimore) 10 July 15/3 [In a game of soft~ball] I've never seen a pitcher get away with an illegal pitch in the national or league play... Most of them throw just like I do—straight windmill—and out on the Coast, they throw slingshot. 1964 W. Golding Spire ix. 159 The weather..began to squeeze bursts of rain out of the air like slingshot, so that although the men were wet, they were warm with the stinging. 1975 New Yorker 30 June 81/1 That's the slingshot there—where the rubber is stretched between bumpers [in a pinball machine]. 1976 J. James Bridge of Sand iii. 62 There came immediately on us a great storm of hail. The sling~shots of the Gods rattled on our helmets, bounced off our shields, almost cut our faces. 1976 6,000 Words 184 Slingshot. n, 1: a maneuver in auto racing in which a drafting car accelerates past the car in front by taking advantage of reserve power 2: a dragster in which the driver sits behind the rear wheels. 1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iii. vii. 222 Harry London's feet hit the floor like slingshots. c. Astronautics. A space flight which uses the gravitational pull of a celestial body in order to accelerate sharply and, usually, to change course. Frequently attributive (see Compounds 3.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > using gravitational pull slingshot1970 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon viii. 174 The three men on Apollo 11 had to decide whether to allow themselves to be ‘captured’ by lunar gravity—or take the slingshot and come home. 1971 Encyclopedia Science Suppl. 350 The next flight now scheduled is for 1973, a ‘slingshot’ that will pass close to Venus on its way to Mercury. 2. A weapon consisting of a heavy weight wrapped in a cloth or equivalent and used as a cosh; a blackjack. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > flail or black-jack flailc1475 wapper1481 scorpion1541 threshel1688 swingle1818 life-preserver1833 black jack1848 slung-shot1848 neddy1851 slingshot1891 slogger1892 Jack1911 nunchaku1969 nunchuck1970 1891 H. Herman His Angel ix. 149 He made a ghastly horrible sling-shot by filling a heavy tumbler with the iron tops screwed off from the fire-irons, and tying the lot in a handkerchief. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 24 June 2/6 The guards..are authorized to carry slingshots... [They] are heavily loaded with lead, and are securely attached to the wrist. Compounds General attributive. C1. (In sense 1a.) slingshot crotch n. ΚΠ 1923 W. Cather Lost Lady ii. 16 They had behaved like wild creatures all morning;..cutting sling~shot crotches. C2. (In sense 1b.) slingshot dragster n. ΚΠ 1962 Engineering 5 Jan. 5/1 Sydney Allard's immaculately prepared ‘slingshot’ dragster, with its 480 hp. Roots-blown Chrysler V8 engine. C3. (In sense 1c.) slingshot action n. ΚΠ 1979 Guardian 3 Sept. 11/3 Accelerated and turned by the slingshot action of Saturn's gravitational field, the spacecraft is heading out past Titan on a new trajectory. slingshot attitude n. ΚΠ 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iv. 83 We've completed our maneuvers to observe the slingshot attitude. slingshot flight n. ΚΠ 1971 Guardian 16 Dec. 13/5 Designed..to use the gravitational fields of the planets for ‘sling-shot’ flights which—using Jupiter as the primary springboard—visit Saturn and Pluto, then Uranus and Neptune. slingshot manœuvre n. ΚΠ 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iv. 82 A ‘slingshot’ maneuver, a trajectory which would take it behind the trailing edge of the moon. slingshot trajectory n. ΚΠ 1976 Sci. News 18 June 391 The ‘slingshot’ trajectory between the worlds has carried Pioneer 11 about 16° above the plane of the ecliptic. Derivatives ˈslingshot v. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly windc897 shootc1000 smite?c1225 flatc1300 lash13.. girda1400 shock?a1400 spara1400 spritc1400 whipc1440 skrim1487 glance1489 spang1513 whip1540 squirt1570 flirt1582 fly1590 sprunt1601 flame1633 darta1640 strike1639 jump1720 skite1721 scoot1758 jink1789 arrow1827 twitch1836 skive1854 sprint1899 skyhoot1901 catapult1928 slingshot1969 book1977 1969 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 5 July 6/4 ‘I could stay with him in a draft (the two cars running one behind the other).’.. Yarborough said he purposely gave Baker two chances to slingshot past to learn if he was fast enough. 1980 Dirt Bike Oct. 68/1 Ward's body inched forward with increasing speed until he slingshotted at blurring velocity to and beyond the Yamaha. ˈsling-shooting adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective] > using sling or catapult sling-shooting1975 1975 B. Garfield Death Sentence xxi. 106 The lights were all gone: stone-throwing and sling-shooting kids routinely used them for target practice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1849
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