A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects. / A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck. / (UK) A slingshot.

(transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult. / (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult. / (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.

plural of catapult

simple past tense and past participle of catapult

present participle of catapult

One who uses a catapult.

plural of catapulter

Pertaining to a catapult or catapults. / Characteristic of or resembling the propulsive motion of a catapult.

Able to be launched by catapulting.

A Roman catapult (weapon for launching projectiles).