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catapultlike

catapultlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a catapult.

Adjective

catapultlike (comparative more catapultlike, superlative most catapultlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a catapult.
    • Rumor once had it that Larry Poons used a catapultlike device to hurl paint onto upright canvases.2008 February 8, Roberta Smith, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Forms of catapultlike

comparativemore catapultlike
superlativemost catapultlike

Origin of catapultlike

From catapult + -like.

Questions about catapultlike

What does catapultlike mean?
Catapultlike means resembling or characteristic of a catapult.
What part of speech is catapultlike?
Catapultlike is an adjective.

Words near catapultlike in the dictionary

  1. catapultian
  2. catapultic
  3. catapultier
  4. catapultiers
  5. catapulting
  6. catapultlike
  7. catapults
  8. catapultæ
  9. cataract
  10. cataract bog
  11. cataract bogs

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