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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as catapult, 2.

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Examples

  • Thanks for reminding us all that girls can kill an evil clown with a sling-shot, murder an entire prom with their mind, or kidnap an author and keep him in her house.

    Archive 2009-02-01 zombietron 2009

  • Many will not be able to go hunting with a sling-shot due to his royal 8 yrs in office.

    Petzal: .270 vs. 2009

  • Many will not be able to go hunting with a sling-shot due to his royal 8 yrs in office.

    Petzal: .270 vs. 2009

  • Thanks for reminding us all that girls can kill an evil clown with a sling-shot, murder an entire prom with their mind, or kidnap an author and keep him in her house.

    Dear Stephen King zombietron 2009

  • If you're excited to see pugil sticks and sling-shot humans coming at you in 3-D, you'll likely also be happy to know the "Jackass" franchise will allegedly be continued in a third movie, this one in three dimensions as well.

    ‘American Gladiators’ And ‘Jackass’ Bring Their Stunts To 3-D » MTV Movies Blog 2009

  • Majdi Mohammed/Associated Press READY, AIM, FIRE: A masked Palestinian demonstrator used a sling-shot to hurl stones at Israeli troops, not pictured, during the weekly demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday.

    Photos of the Day: May 20 2011

  • But even with the magic of digital revelations sling-shot across all bandwidths, the answer has to be: depends.

    Phil Bronstein: The Wikileaks Incident: How Social Media has Changed Warfare Coverage 2010

  • Lloyd explains what made the sling — which bears little resemblance to the modern sling-shot — in many ways better than the bow:

    The Sling « Isegoria 2008

  • And this willingness is just another of their weapons–bringing cannons to a sling-shot fight, to play on a popular idiom.

    Obama the constitutional law scholar… 2010

  • But even with the magic of digital revelations sling-shot across all bandwidths, the answer has to be: depends.

    The Wikileaks Incident: How Social Media has Changed Warfare Coverage 2010

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