Catapult
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck. slingshot
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fire a missile from a catapult To increase the status of something rapidly To be fired from a catapult To have one's status increased rapidly
Onager
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A wild ass, Equus hemionus, especially the koulan.A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.