catapult

Betekenis (Engels)

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. A slingshot.
4. An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
5. An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.

Verb

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

Concepten

catapult

sling

slingshot

ballista

launch

onager

shanghai

fling

hurl

pitch

arbalest

arbalist

bricole

mangonel

trebucket

trebuchet

launcher

eject

shoot

barrage

cast

chuck

drop

heave

lob

plop

project

propel

throw

toss

discharge

ejaculation

firing

shooting

balista

jet

lift-off

ejector

jettison device

knockout attachment

slinging

trap

scurry

thrust

centrifugate

centrifuge

spin-dry

ultracentrifuge

hurtle

dart

ricochet

skyrocket

bale out

Met koppelteken als

cat‧a‧pult

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.