catapult

n 1: launches aircraft from a warship [syn: {launcher}]

2: Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel

small stones [syn: {sling}, {slingshot}]

3: an ancient heavy war engine for hurling large stones [syn: {bricole},

{onager}]

v 1: shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy

catapulted rocks towards the fort"

2: hurl as if with a sling [syn: {sling}]