catapult

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

catapulta

catapultar

arrojar

honda

tirador

tirar con honda

hondear

arbalesta

trabuco

mangonel

tirachinas

fundíbulo

eyectar

tirar

balista

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

catapulte

katapult

catapulta

catapulta

Katapult

catapultare

catapulter

catapultar

καταπέλτης

katapultieren

catapulta

lance-pierre

fronde

schleudern

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.