catapult

Meaning of 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 fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
  3. To increase the status of something rapidly.
    The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.
  4. To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
  5. To have one's status increased rapidly.
    She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate.

Information about catapult

  • The plural form of catapult is: catapults.
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Hyphenation of catapult

cat-a-pult

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • catapult is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

catapult synonyms

Meaning slingshot:

slingshot, sling

Meaning launcher:

launcher

Meaning arbalest:

arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket

Meaning sling:

sling

Translation of catapult

Words that rhyme with catapult

sepult, electropult, hydropult

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