Definitions for catapults

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catapults cat·a·pult

Spelling: [kat-uh-puhlt, -poo lt]

IPA: /ˈkæt əˌpʌlt, -ˌpʊlt/

Catapults is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 305 anagrams from letters in catapults (aaclpsttu).

Definitions for catapults

noun

1. an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
2. a device for launching an airplane from the deck of a ship.
3. British. a slingshot.

verb (used with object)

1. to hurl from a catapult.
2. to thrust or move quickly or suddenly:
3. British. to hurl (a missile) from a slingshot. to hit (an object) with a missile from a slingshot.

verb (used without object)

1. to be catapulted.
2. to move or spring up suddenly, quickly, or forcibly, as if by means of a catapult:

Origin of catapults

1570-80; Latin catapulta Greek katapéltēs, equivalent to kata- cata- + péltēs hurler, akin to pállein to hurl

Examples for catapults

Durham was flung over its head like a stone from a catapult.

You think that this tragedy has given you an opportunity to catapult you [sic] dinky blog and newspaper to new heights.

But I know that our steam-bowler will beat their catapult hollow.

But then you find yourself with the revenue to purchase that catapult you've been wanting.

And he knew that at any moment this beast might come at him as if discharged from a catapult.

They tried their catapult with single, double, and even treble action.

But it was enough to catapult Davis into the national spotlight and raise immediate speculation about statewide office.

Is it the thought of Wolsey which makes him frown—or is he wondering where he left his catapult?

All its spires are spears at rest; and all its stones are stones asleep in a catapult.

Juve shot his answer at the lieutenant, like a stone from a catapult.