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<pedantry> David did not kill Goliath with a slingshot[1], the weapon of choice of Dennis the Menace. He killed Goliath with a sling[2], a weapon capable of hurling stones 400+m and one which was regularly used by ancient armies. </pedantry>

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingshot

[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_(weapon)



I'll take your pedantry and raise you one: "Slingshot", the shot (rocks, clay, etc.) that is slung from a sling.

It's a stretch though...


Or "sling shot", as in the event of a shot with a sling.


I think it's usually called a bullet.




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