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Definitions: Catapult |
CatapultNoun1. A device that launches aircraft from a warship. 2. A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones. 3. Medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones. Verb1. Shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort". 2. Hurl as if with a sling. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "catapult" was first used: 1577. (references) |
Etymology: Catapult \Cat"a*pult\, noun. [Latin expression catapulta, Greek, probably from kata` down to shake, hurl.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Transportation | A device for launching an aircraft at flying speed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Aerospace | A power-actuated machine or device for hurling forth something, an airplane or missile, at a high initial speed; also, a device, usually explosive, for ejecting a person from an aircraft. Compare launcher, senses 1 and 2. (references) |
Transportation | A device for accelerating an aeroplane in short distances. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: CatapultSynonyms: arbalest (n), arbalist (n), bricole (n), launcher (n), onager (n), slingshot (n), trebuchet (n), trebucket (n), sling (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Bow, crossbow, balister, catapult, sling; battering ram; (impulse); gunnery; ballistics; (propulsion). |
Ascent | Go aloft, fly aloft; tower, soar, take off; spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards; hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge; leap. |
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Crosswords: Catapult |
| English words defined with "catapult": Catapeltic, catapultian, catapultic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "catapult": AEROSPACE PHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN, AIRCRAFT LAUNCH AND RECOVERY TECHNICIAN ♦ kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear ♦ semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage ♦ TARGET AIRCRAFT TECHNICIAN. (references) |
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 | An E-1B "Tracer" airborne early warning aircraft leaves the carrier's port catapult, during flight operations at sea in November 1967. Five S-2 "Tracker" anti-submarine aircraft are parked on the flight deck's starboard side.Credit: NAVY. |  | Preliminary design model undergoing seakeeping tests at the David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland, circa 1947. This is an early version of the CVA-58 design, without catapult sponsons. Note the folding smokestacks in the "down" position, as they would have been during flight operations. Aircraft models on the flight deck appear to represent the F7U fighter and a notional heavy attack bomber.Credit: NAVY. |
 | The Catapult Officer signals "launch" and an A-4 "Skyhawk" starts down the flight deck, during operations in the South China Sea, 24 March 1965. The plane is being launched from the carrier's starboard catapult. Photographed by PH1 James F. Falk, USN.Credit: NAVY. |  | A F/A-18 "Hornet" of VFA-137 taxis forward through catapult steam, during flight operations on 18 January 1988. Photographed by PH2(AW) Wayne Edwards.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Prepares to Launch a French Navy TBM-3E "Avenger" (USN Bureau # 85684) from her starboard catapult, during the 1950s.Credit: NAVY. |  | Maneuvering alongside a cruiser (either Salt Lake City or Pensacola), with survivors of USS Wasp (CV-7) on board, probably at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Wasp had been sunk by a Japanese submarine on 15 September 1942. Cruiser in the right background is USS Juneau (CL-52). Note the aircraft catapult on the cruiser from which the photo was taken.Credit: NAVY. |
 | With her rails manned, probably during the naval review off Yokohama on 25 August 1933. Three white bands on her after smokestack signify that she is the third ship of the 6th Sentai (squadron). Note the aircraft catapult amidships, installed in 1932-33.Credit: NAVY. |  | Leaves the port catapult of a New Orleans class heavy cruiser, circa 1942-43.Credit: NAVY. |
 | The Detroit news timely topics. Launching aeroplane in catapult test.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor. The catapult launching device appears for the first time in a.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Netherlands | This is by far the sharpest consumer price rise the Dutch have seen since the early 1980's. It has increased inflation well over the eurozone average inflation rate of 2.9 percent and is forecast to catapult the CPI increase to an alarming 4.5 percent in 2001, up from 2.6 percent in 2000. The Government's expectation is that the current inflation surge is a temporary phenomenon caused by higher indirect taxes and that inflation will ease to two percent in 2002. The Netherlands Central Bank (NB) does not subscribe to this view and warned that inflation is likely to stay at the relatively high level of three percent. (references) |
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| "Catapult" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.85% of the time. "Catapult" is used about 141 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80.85% | 114 | 30,294 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 15.6% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.42% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 1.42% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.71% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 141 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Catapult Communications Corporation |
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Expressions using "catapult": catapult Bucky grid ♦ catapult start. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
catapult | 730 | catapult volkl | 8 |
build a catapult | 150 | catapult physics | 8 |
catapult plan | 62 | build catapult plan | 7 |
catapult design | 58 | mouse trap catapult | 7 |
catapult make | 55 | making a catapult | 7 |
catapult history | 44 | catapult system | 7 |
castle catapult | 42 | catapult technology | 6 |
catapult picture | 34 | catapult homemade | 6 |
medieval catapult | 30 | catapult medieval picture | 6 |
building a catapult | 25 | catapult project | 6 |
backyard build catapult in | 16 | catapult construction | 5 |
catapult game | 15 | catapult steam | 5 |
roman catapult | 13 | catapult software | 5 |
aircraft carrier catapult | 12 | build catapult small | 5 |
balloon catapult water | 11 | catapult communication | 5 |
catapult blue print | 11 | catapult kit | 5 |
catapult model | 10 | catapult pic | 5 |
catapult diagram | 10 | catapult turtle | 5 |
crossbows and catapult | 9 | albuquerque catapult roman | 5 |
4 catapult volkl | 9 | catapult instructions | 5 |
build catapult instructions | 8 | catapult training | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "catapult"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | katapultë (mangonel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منجنيق (ballista, mangonel, onager), جنق يقذف, المجنفة, المرجام. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | катапулт, каменохвъргачна машина, прашка (sling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 弹射器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vymrštit (fling out, hurl out, launch), prak (sling, slingshot), katapultovat se (eject), katapultovat, katapult. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | slynge (ansa, loop, sling, tie), katapult. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | slinger (garland, pendulum, wreath), katapult. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | منجنیق انداختن , منجنیق , سنگ انداز, جسمی که خاصیت فنردارد, بامنجنیق پرت کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | katapultti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | catapulte, catapulter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schleuder (centrifuge, extractor, onager, sling, slingshot, spin-drier, spinner), schleudern (catapults, centrifuge, dash, extract, fling, flung, hurl, launch, pelt, pitch, precipitate, precipitation, send, skid, skidding, sling, slingshots, slipping, slung, smote, spin, spin-dry, throw, to catapult, to dash, to hurl, to skid, to smote, toss), katapultieren (launch, to catapult), katapult (launcher, slingshot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταπέλτης, σφεντόνα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בליסטר". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | katapult (ejector, launcher, launchers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengali-ali (sling, slingshot), katapel (tweaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | catapulta, fionda (sling, slingshot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 石" (crossbow, slingshot), 発射 (discharge, firing, shooting), カス"海 (Casanova, casein, Caspian Sea, casserole, cassette, cassette book, cassette deck, cassette tape, catacomb, catamaran, catastrophe, caterpillar, cathedral, Catholic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いしゆみ (crossbow, slingshot), カタプルト , カタパルト , はっしゃ (departure of a vehicle, discharge, firing, shooting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 노포. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yeeal orraghey, clagh-vow. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atapultcay catapulta. (various references) catapultã, catapulta, trage cu praştia în, praştie (sling), dispozitiv pentru lansarea avioanelor de pe bordul navelor, azvârli (cast, chuck, discharge, drop, fling, hurl, jet, kick, launch, precipitate, project, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw, toss, tumble). (various references) рогатка (chevaux de frise, knife-rest, sling, slingshot), катапульта (ejection seat), катапультируемое сидение. (various references) praćka (sling), pojaviti se iznenada, katapultirati, katapult. (various references) catapulta. (various references) slangbåge (sling-shot), katapult (mangonel). (various references) เคลื่อนไหวอย่างรว"เร็ว, เครื่องยิงในสมัยโบรา", หนังสติ๊กรูปตัววี, ขว้างหรือยิงก้อนหิน. (various references) vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catch, chime, clap, clip, clout, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, impinge, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, nail, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plug, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, punch, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, slog, smash, sock, strike, stroke, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack, zap), uçak gövdesindeki fırlatma düzeneği, sapan (launcher, peashooter, sling, slingshot), mancınık (arbalest, ballista, launcher, mangonel, onager, ram, slingshot), katapült, fırlatmak (aim, blast off, bung, cast, cast away, chuck, chuck away, dart, eject, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, pelt, project, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, swing, throw, toss, whisk), fırlatma düzeneği ile ilgili, atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void). (various references) стріляти з рогатки, рогатка (slingshot), катапультувати, катапульта (launcher, onager), викидати катапультою, метати (cast, dart, hurl), метальна машина. (various references) blif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ballista, catapulta. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "catapult": catapulted, catapulting, catapults. (additional references) | |
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"Catapult" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: catapault, catapolt, catapoult, catapualt, catapulat, catapulta, Katopola. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "catapult" (pronounced 'Cat"a*pult'): Hydropult, Pult. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-p-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tactual. | |
-2 letters: actual. | |
-3 letters: caput, clapt, culpa. | |
-4 letters: acta, atap, caul, clap, cult, paca, pact, plat, pula, putt, tact, tala, talc, tapa, taut. | |
-5 letters: aal, act, ala, alp, alt, apt, att, cap, cat, cup, cut, lac, lap, lat, pac, pal, pat, pul, put, tap, tat, tau, tup, tut, uta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-p-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: catapults. | |
+2 letters: capitulate, catapulted. | |
+3 letters: capitulated, capitulates, catapulting, particulate. | |
+4 letters: capitulating, capitulation, contrapuntal, particulates, recapitulate, ultracompact. | |
+5 letters: capitulations, computational, particularist, particularity, recapitulated, recapitulates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 74 61 70 75 6C 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- - .- .--. ..- .-.. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110100 01100001 01110000 01110101 01101100 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a t a p u l t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0074 0061 0070 0075 006C 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767866782877886 |
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