catapult
noun/ˈkætəpʌlt/
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
- (British English) (North American English slingshot)a stick that has the shape of a Y with a rubber band attached to it, used by children for shooting stones
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- a weapon used in the past to throw heavy stonesTopics War and conflictc2
- a machine used for sending planes up into the air from a ship
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French catapulte or Latin catapulta, from Greek katapeltēs, from kata- ‘down’ + pallein ‘hurl’.
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