projectile
adjective/prəˈdʒektaɪl/
/prəˈdʒektl/
(formal or specialist)- very fast and with a lot of force
- projectile motion
- The virus causes projectile (= sudden and violent) vomiting.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from project- ‘thrown forth’, from the verb proicere ‘throw forth’, from pro- ‘forth’ + jacere ‘to throw’.Definitions on the go
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