[f. prec. sb.] a. trans. To hurl as from a catapult. b. To shoot or shoot at with a catapult. c. intr. To discharge a catapult; hence Catapulting vbl. sb.
1848. Blackw. Mag., LXIII. 499. The throne itself was catapulted into the square.
1880. Daily Tel., 17 Feb., 5/3. Slender girls are fired out of the mouth of seven-pounders; lovely creatures are catapulted into the air and fall down into a net with a dull and ominous thud.
1881. Chequered Career, 5. The latter [lead] we saved for catapulting, an amusement only indulged in by lower boys.
1883. D. Pryde, Highways of Lit., ii. 30. He [a boy] catapults sparrows.
