catapult
verb/ˈkætəpʌlt/
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they catapult | /ˈkætəpʌlt/ /ˈkætəpʌlt/ |
| he / she / it catapults | /ˈkætəpʌlts/ /ˈkætəpʌlts/ |
| past simple catapulted | /ˈkætəpʌltɪd/ /ˈkætəpʌltɪd/ |
| past participle catapulted | /ˈkætəpʌltɪd/ /ˈkætəpʌltɪd/ |
| -ing form catapulting | /ˈkætəpʌltɪŋ/ /ˈkætəpʌltɪŋ/ |
- to throw somebody/something suddenly and violently through the air; to be thrown suddenly and violently through the air
- catapult (somebody/something) + adv./prep. She was catapulted out of the car as it hit the wall.
- (figurative) The movie catapulted him to international stardom.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French catapulte or Latin catapulta, from Greek katapeltēs, from kata- ‘down’ + pallein ‘hurl’.Definitions on the go
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