slingshot

Two years ago, a girl won at the toy fair for a game in which cats with slingshots fire hairballs that knock down household objects.

Use of the words "catapult" and "slingshot" in crime logs do not conclusively show catapults were used – as the words may have been used in a different context.

So although he was just one David against an army of Goliaths, he was not new to the practice of reloading a slingshot.

After the spacecraft slingshots past the Moon, the astronauts begin their four-day journey home, drawn back with the help of the Earth's gravity.

I set it up, stakes are high, people are, like, ‘Yes! Yes!’ and then I play ‘The Fu*kin’ You Get…’ and it has this nice slingshot effect.