catapult

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

catapulte

catapulta

katapult

catapulta

catapulta

catapultare

καταπέλτης

Katapult

catapultar

catapulter

katapultieren

catapulta

lance-pierre

catapultar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/

Etymology

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.