sling shot n.
1. (US) a flick-knife.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Pimp 137: I fingered the button on that sling shot in my ‘raise’. |
2. as a form of under-garment [the shape].
(a) (US black) a sanitary towel.
| Runnin’ Down Some Lines 197: There are expressions related to pregnancy, menstruation, birth control, and female hygiene: [...] sling shot, diaper (sanitary napkin); diaper the baby (put on one’s sanitary napkin); red Mary (menstrual period). |
(b) (W.I.) skimpy underwear; a thong.
![[WI]](/static/img/flags/wi.png "West Indies") | Official Dancehall Dict. 48: Sling-shot skimpy underwear. |
(c) (US prison) male underwear, briefs; also attrib.
| Makes Me Wanna Holler (1995) 172: Don’t wear slingshots. That’s the prison name for men’s briefs. | |
| Shame the Devil 76: I see this poster of a rapper [...] Wearing one of those slingshot swimsuits. |
3. (US black) a Cadillac Eldorado [ety. unknown].
| Runnin’ Down Some Lines 84: By far the most popular car among those I met was the Cadillac – variously referred to in the vernacular [...] by special model names, the B (Brougham), El D, Rado, slingshot (El Dorado). |