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Definition catapult

Etymology

From Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (katap�lt?s), from ???? (kat�, �downwards, into, against�) + ????? (p�ll?, �I poise or sway a missile before it is thrown�).

Noun

catapult (plural catapults or catapult�) (catapult� is archaic)

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. (Britain) slingshot
3. An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
4. (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.

Verb

catapult (third-person singular simple present catapults, present participle catapulting, simple past and past participle catapulted)

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.

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