Definitionen
1.NounA device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
2.NounA mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
3.NounA slingshot.
4.NounAn instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
5.NounAn instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
6.VerbTo fire a missile from a catapult.
7.VerbTo fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
8.VerbTo increase the status of something rapidly."The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene."
9.VerbTo be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
10.VerbTo have one's status increased rapidly."She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate."