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Word: catapult (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • 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.
  • UK slingshot

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Verb:

  • intransitive To be fired from a catapult
  • intransitive To have one's status increased rapidly
  • transitive To fire a missile from a catapult
  • transitive To increase the status of something rapidly

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