"slingshoot" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈslɪŋʃuːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: slingshoots [present, singular, third-person], slingshooting [participle, present], slingshot [past], slingshotten [participle, past]
Etymology: From sling + shoot. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sling|shoot}} sling + shoot Head templates: {{en-verb|slingshoots|slingshooting|slingshot|slingshotten}} slingshoot (third-person singular simple present slingshoots, present participle slingshooting, simple past slingshot, past participle slingshotten)
  1. (informal, rare) Propel or launch with or as if with a slingshot. Tags: informal, rare
    Sense id: en-slingshoot-en-verb-y6CWeXic Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From sling + shoot.",
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          "ref": "1994, Jose Maria Lacambra, Rising Sun Blinking: A Young Boy’s Memoirs of the Japanese Occupation in the Philippines, Sinag-tala Publishers, →ISBN, page 11, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I was always worried about Jesus’ harebrained schemes; something always seemed to go awry with them. Like the time he suggested we slingshoot a beehive off of a tree in his backyard.",
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        "(informal, rare) Propel or launch with or as if with a slingshot."
      ],
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              141
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