tiragomas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to throw, to shoot”) +‎ gomas (“rubber bands”).

Noun

tiragomas m (plural tiragomas)

1. slingshot

Further reading

• “tiragomas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10