Catapult

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  slingshot
 * 3) An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
 * 4)  An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.

Verb

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

Adjectives for Catapult
deadly; powerful; regulated; vicious; well-aimed.

Verbs for Catapult
discharge—; draw—; fire—; gear—; Invent—; lay siege with —s; manipulate—; release—; storm with —s; —batters; — bombards; —damages; —harms; —hurls; —overcomes; —propels; —stones.

Related terms

 * catapeltic

Thesaurus
throw, throw stick, throwing-stick, tilt, toss, trebuchet, wommera, arbalest, ballista, booster rocket, bowl, cast, chuck, chunk, dart, dash, fire, fling, flip, fork, ground loop, heave, hopoff, hurl, hurtle, jerk, lance, launch, let fly, lob, pass, peg, pelt, pitch, pitchfork, put, put the shot, rotation, serve, shy, sling, slingshot, snap, takeoff,

Etymology
From catapulta: <  καταπέλτης: < κατά: + πάλλω:.

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 彈射器, 弹射器 (tán shè qì)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: katapultti, heittokone, linko
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קטפולטה
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: カタパルト (kataparuto)
 * Korean: 노포 (nopo)
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: katapulta
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: катапульта (katapúl’ta)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: Kvataippul

Verb

 * Bulgarian: катапултирам
 * Catalan: catapultar
 * Czech: katapultovat


 * French: catapulter
 * German:


 * Bulgarian: катапултирам
 * Catalan: catapultar
 * French: catapulter


 * German:
 * Hebrew: הזניק


 * French: catapulter


 * French: catapulter