catapult in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
catapult in Sindhi سنڌي
catapult in Telugu తెలుగు
catapult in English
- catapult⇄catapult, noun, verb.
- catapult⇄noun 1a. a weapon used in ancient times for shooting stones and arrows.
b. (British.) a slingshot.
Ex. One afternoon I saw two boys with catapults aiming, as I thought, at a high garden wall (Cape Times).
2. a device for launching an - catapult⇄v.i. (Figurative.) to be catapulted; move suddenly or forcefully.
Ex. The frightened cat catapulted from the chair when the big dog came in. Schoolchildren and their nuns catapulted out of classrooms into the streets (New Yorker). - catapult⇄v.t. 1. to shoot or launch from a catapult.
2. (Figurative.) to cast suddenly or rapidly; hurl.
Ex. He stopped his bicycle so suddenly that he was catapulted over the handle bars. He had been catapulted to fame by winning the International T