catapultlike

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English

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Etymology

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From catapult +‎ -like.

Adjective

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catapultlike (comparative more catapultlike, superlative most catapultlike)

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