catapult

3 definitions found

catapult - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catapult \Cat"a*pult\, n. [L. catapulta, Gr. ?, prob. from kata`
     down + ? to shake, hurl.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine somewhat resembling a massive
        crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for
        throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small
        stones, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

catapult - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  catapult
      n 1: a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic
           between the arms; used to propel small stones [syn:
           slingshot, sling, catapult]
      2: a device that launches aircraft from a warship [syn:
         catapult, launcher]
      3: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
         sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other
         missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist,
         ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet,
         trebucket]
      v 1: shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy
           catapulted rocks towards the fort"
      2: hurl as if with a sling [syn: sling, catapult]

catapult - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "catapult":
     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, throw, throw stick, throwing-stick, tilt,
     toss, trebuchet, wommera