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slingshot
noun- a drag racing car design in which the driver is seated behind the rear wheels US, 1962
- The slingshot is long and spindly with weak-looking little front wheels and tires ... almost as an afterthought the man who guides this projectile is fitted into an iron cage protruding out from the very rear. — Ross Olney, Kings of the Drag Strip, p. 77–78, 1968
- any vehicle that passes others on the motorway at great speed US
- — Warren Smith, Warren’s Smith’s Authentic Dictionary of CB, p. 63, 1976
- in motor racing, a passing method in which the car follows another’s draught and then quickly passes US
- — Hal Higdon, Finding the Groove, p. 309, 1973
- an extremely skimpy man’s bathing suit US
- Surrounded by ersatz Indian warriors wearing bright Brazilian slingshots, the princess proclaimed in song and mime her passionate love. — Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue, p. 229, 1991
- And don’t wear slingshots. That’s the prison name for men’s briefs. — Nathan McCall, Makes Me Wanna Holler, p. 165, 1994
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