- slingshot, sling, catapult - a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
--1 is a kind of plaything, toy
Derived form: verb catapult2 - catapult, launcher - a device that launches aircraft from a warship
--2 is a kind of device
Derived form: verb catapult1 - catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket - medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
--3 is a kind of artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance
Derived form: verb catapult1
- catapult - shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"
--1 is one way to propel, impel
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun catapult2, noun catapult3
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
- sling, catapult - hurl as if with a sling
--2 is one way to hurl, hurtle, cast
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun catapult1
They catapult the object in the water