slingshot

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  1. noun A Y-shaped stick having an elastic strap attached to the prongs, used for flinging small stones.

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  • Following Chameleon's directions, Imbri adjusted her position until the slingshot was aimed right at the Mundanes. —  Night Mare
  • The gauntlet was a kind of slingshot, and if he didn't act quickly, Jeska would win the match before Chainer had gotten anything out of her Chainer sent a collar chain slamming into Jeska's wrist and jerked her off-balance, so that she couldn't target the flag Pulling Jeska away from her first target was a passably sound pit strategy, but Chainer immediately realized the flaw in his execution. —  SCOTT McGOUGH
  • She might have eventually forgiven him for dipping her braid in the ink bottle or using her first corset as a slingshot, but he suspected raping her within earshot of one of her brothers would be a sin not so easily absolved. —  A WHISPER OF ROSES - TERESA MEDEIROS
  • FTFA:: Apparently the Amazing Flying Monkey is designed to be used like a slingshot, so this is literally a shrieking terror beast to be fired into the faces of other kids. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Well, sounds like a toy, and if possession of a slingshot is now grounds for a SWAT raid, those SWAT guys are the biggest wusses on the planet. —  Libertarian Blog Place
 

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