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What does catapult mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word catapult? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. 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.
  2. (Britain) slingshot
  3. An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
  4. (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
  2. (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
  3. (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
  4. (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
  5. (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.
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