Slingshot vs. Shanghai

A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.

(especially) To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.

a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

A slingshot is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame held in the non-dominant hand, with two natural-rubber strips or tubes attached to the upper two ends.

(transitive) To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.

(transitive) To abduct or coerce.

To trick (a person) into entering a jurisdiction where they can lawfully be arrested.

(transitive) To commandeer; appropriate; hijack

Example: ‘Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.’;

A tall dandy.

A slingshot.

To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.

the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world

take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship;

Example: ‘The men were shanghaied after being drugged’;

force (someone) to join a ship lacking a full crew by drugging them or using other underhand means

Example: ‘they specialized in drugging and robbing sailors, sometimes arranging for them to be shanghaied aboard tramp boats’;

coerce or trick (someone) into a place or position or into doing something

Example: ‘Brady shanghaied her into his Jaguar and roared off’;

shoot with a catapult

Example: ‘in spite of his shanghaiing all the cats, the rodents were still on top’;

catapult in a particular direction

Example: ‘the springy, resilient saplings would shanghai him backwards’;

a city on the east coast of China, a port on the estuary of the River Yangtze; population 11,283,700 (est. 2006). Opened for trade with the west in 1842, Shanghai contained until the Second World War areas of British, French, and American settlement. It was the site in 1921 of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

Shanghai (Chinese: 上海, Shanghainese pronunciation [zɑ̃̀.hɛ́] (listen), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: [ʂâŋ.xài] (listen)) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China, governed by the State Council. The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it.