catapult

²catapult

verb

Definition of CATAPULT

transitive verb

: to throw or launch by or as if by a catapult

intransitive verb

: to become catapulted <he catapulted to fame>

Examples of CATAPULT

1. They catapulted rocks toward the castle.
2. The publicity catapulted her CD to the top of the charts.
3. The novel catapulted him from unknown to best-selling author.
4. He catapulted to fame after his first book was published.
5. Her career was catapulting ahead.

First Known Use of CATAPULT

1848

Related to CATAPULT

Synonyms: cast, throw, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, toss

Related Words: bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot; buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust

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Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical