Dictionary Entry
catapult
catapult is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.
- 2noun
A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small stones, etc.
- 3noun
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- 4noun
a device that launches aircraft from a warship
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- 5noun
a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- 6verb
hurl as if with a sling
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- 7verb
shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
"the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"
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