catapult

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
2. A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
3. (UK) A slingshot.
4. An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
5. (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
2. (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
3. (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
4. (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
5. (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.

Conceptes

catapulta

catapultar

tirador

Sinònims

sling

slingshot

ballista

launch

onager

slingshot

bricole

eject

fling

hurl

launcher

mangonel

pitch

shoot

trebuchet

arbalist

shanghai

trebucket

arbalest

jet

centrifuge

knockout attachment

lift-off

lob

bale out

centrifugate

jettison device

plop

project

propel

ricochet

scurry

spin-dry

shooting

skyrocket

cast

slinging

barrage

throw

thrust

toss

chuck

dart

🎯

discharge

drop

ejaculation

trap

🪤

ejector

firing

balista

Traduccions

catapulte

catapulta

katapult

catapulta

Katapult

catapultare

καταπέλτης

catapulter

katapultieren

catapulta

lance-pierre

catapultar

Schleuder

fronde

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”) + πάλλω (pállō, “I poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”). Doublet of catapulta.