Slingshot (disambiguation)
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A slingshot
is a small hand-powered projectile weapon.
Slingshot may also refer to:
Slingshot
A slingshot, shanghai, flip, bean shooter or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame held in the off hand, with two rubber strips attached to the uprights. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pocket which holds the projectile...
is a small hand-powered projectile weapon.
Slingshot may also refer to:
- Kolb SlingshotKolb Slingshot|-See also:...
, ultralight aircraft - Slingshot, a 2005 film by Jay Alaimo, starring Balthazar GettyBalthazar GettyBalthazar Getty is an American film actor and member of the band Ringside. He is known for the roles of Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias and Tommy Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters.-Early life:...
and David ArquetteDavid ArquetteDavid Arquette is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, fashion designer, and occasional professional wrestler. A member of the Arquette acting family, he first became known during the mid 1990s after starring in several Hollywood films, such as the Scream series, Wild Bill and... - Slingshot (band)Slingshot (band)Slingshot is a disco/dance music band from Detroit, Michigan. Members include Jack Tann, Greg Sawton, David Van DePitte and John Lewis.Their one and only chart entry was a medley of Steely Dan's song "Do It Again" and Michael Jackson's #1 hit single "Billie Jean"...
, a disco/dance music band from Detroit - Slingshot (ISP)Slingshot (ISP)Slingshot is a New Zealand owned telecommunications company. Founded in 2001, it is one of the major internet service providers in New Zealand. Slingshot is a subsidiary of CallPlus Services Ltd, the majority of which is owned by Annette Presley and her ex-husband Malcolm Dick, with ex-CEO Martin...
, a New Zealand internet service provider - Slingshot (video game), an open source strategy-simulation computer game
- Slingshot (album)Slingshot (album)-Track listing:#Slingshot 4:20 #Never Gonna Give You Up 4:12#Can't We Fall In Love Again - 3:42#Take Care 6:34#Make It Easy On Yourself 3:51# Geek You Up 6:30#In It For The Goodies 3:33#Come To Me 3:36...
, a 1981 album by Michael Henderson - Slingshot (Transformers)Slingshot (Transformers)Slingshot is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Hasbro has not reused the name Slingshot since 1994 due to its seeming inability to trademark the name. The most recent Slingshot homage uses the names Sky Shadow and Airazor....
, a character from Transformers - Slingshot (water vapor distillation system)Slingshot (water vapor distillation system)Slingshot is a water purification device created by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway PT. Powered by a stirling engine running on a combustible fuel source, it claims to be able to produce clean water from almost any source....
, an invention by Dean Kamen - Slingshot!Slingshot!Slingshot! is a quarterly anarchist newspaper published in Berkeley, California since 1988 by the Slingshot Collective. It is a non-profit project of the Long Haul Infoshop. Slingshot provides free subscriptions to prisoners and people with low income in the United States.The Slingshot Collective...
, an anarchist newspaper based in Berkeley, California - Gravitational slingshotGravitational slingshotIn orbital mechanics and aerospace engineering, a gravitational slingshot, gravity assist maneuver, or swing-by is the use of the relative movement and gravity of a planet or other celestial body to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft, typically in order to save propellant, time, and expense...
, the use of a planet's gravity to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft - Slingshot argumentSlingshot argumentIn logic, a slingshot argument is one of a group of arguments claiming to show that all true sentences stand for the same thing.This type of argument was dubbed the "slingshot" by philosophers Jon Barwise and John Perry due to its disarming simplicity. Versions of the slingshot argument have been...
, an argument in logics that tries to show that all true sentences stand for the same thing - Slingshot move, a professional wrestling technique
- Slingshot, an alter ego of Silk Spectre (Laurie Juspeczyk) in a draft script of the film The Watchmen
- Slingshot or Front engine dragsterFront engine dragsterThe front engine dragster is a race car purpose built for drag racing.Now considered obsolete, the "rail", "digger", or "slingshot" dragster is now used mainly in nostalgia drag racing. Models range in length from in wheelbase. They were originally used in the highest class of drag racing, Top Fuel...
, a variety of drag race car - SlungshotSlungshotA slungshot is a maritime tool consisting of a weight, or "shot," affixed to the end of a long cord often by being wound into the center of a knot called a "Monkey's fist." It is used to cast line from one location to another, often mooring line...
, a weight on the end of a cord used as a weapon, which used to be referred to as a slingshot