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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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]


VERB (2)

1. shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult;
- Example: "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"

2. hurl as if with a sling;
[syn: sling, catapult]



The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]