catapult
noun
[ ˈkatəpʌlt ]
• a forked stick with an elastic band fastened to the two prongs, used by children for shooting small stones.
catapult
verb
• hurl or launch (something) with or as if with a catapult.
• "the explosion catapulted the car 30 yards along the road"
Similar:
propel,
launch,
hurl,
hurtle,
fling,
send flying,
send,
let fly,
let loose,
fire,
blast,
shoot,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French catapulte or Latin catapulta, from Greek katapeltēs, from kata- ‘down’ + pallein ‘hurl’.
