tirapiedras

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to print”) +‎ piedras (“stones”).

Noun

tirapiedras m (plural tirapiedras)

1. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) slingshot

Further reading

• “tirapiedras”, 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