slingshot
/ˈslɪŋʃɒt/ verb C2- To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.
- To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft. · The shuttle will slingshot around Jupiter on its way to Saturn.
He/she/it slingshots · Past slingshotted · Past participle slingshotted · -ing form slingshotting
Verb forms
- Base form
- slingshot
- He/she/it
- slingshots
- Past
- slingshotted
- Past participle
- slingshotted
- -ing form
- slingshotting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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