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Catapult

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A military machine for hurling missiles, such as large stones or spears, used in ancient and medieval times.

n. A mechanism for launching aircraft at a speed sufficient for flight, as from the deck of a carrier.

n. A slingshot.

v. To hurl or launch from or as if from a catapult.

verb-intransitive. To become catapulted; spring or bolt.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.

n. slingshot

n. An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.

n. An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.

v. To fire a missile from a catapult.

v. To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.

v. To increase the status of something rapidly.

v. To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.

v. To have one's status increased rapidly.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.

n. A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small stones, etc.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In Roman antiquity, a military engine used to throw darts of great size, called phalarica or trifax.

n. A small forked stick to each prong of which is attached an elastic band, generally provided with a piece of leather in the middle, used by boys for throwing small missiles, such as stones, peas, paper pellets, and the like.

To hurl, as a missile, as from a catapult.

To shoot at with a catapult: as, to catapult birds.

To use a catapult in hurling missiles.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult

n. a device that launches aircraft from a warship

v. hurl as if with a sling

n. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

n. a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

Word Usage

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Verb Form

catapulted catapultic catapulting catapults

Hypernym

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