- (British English) (North American English slingshot)
a stick that has the shape of a Y with a rubber band attached to it, used by children for shooting stones 弹弓 a weapon used in the past to throw heavy stones （旧时的）石弩，弩炮 a machine used for sending planes up into the air from a ship 弹射器（用以从舰船上弹射飞机升空）
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French catapulte or Latin catapulta, from Greek katapeltēs, from kata- ‘down’ + pallein ‘hurl’.