catapult

Speech parts

1. catapult - Noun

2. catapult - Verb

Meaning

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sling onager mangonel ballista arbalest launcher slingshot trebuchet bricole arbalist trebucket chuck huck cleaver bowl
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Antonyms

lower block slow destroy decrease retain
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Hypernyms

engine device cast toy propel hurl

Phrases with the word

single catapult hand catapult torsion catapult classic catapult

Examples

See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda. - May 24, 2005. George W. Bush

It's sad that the BBC is toning down Dennis the Menace for a cartoon series. He is losing his weapons, catapult and peashooter, will no longer pick on Walter the Softy, and his ferocious grimace is to be replaced by a charming, boyish smile. Simon Hoggart

He would catapult you forward, and that was his intention with the Jazz Messengers. He would take young people with a potential and help them develop a voice as a player and as a writer. Benny Green

Yeah, right. I know what's really going on: Heather's hired you to kill me, hasn't she?" "Sammy!" "Why else would you catapult me through the air and feed me to a man-eating cot? Wendelin Van Draanen

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds. Honoré de Balzac

the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Catapres cataptromancy catapuce Catapult centre catapulta catapultable