harpoon
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- 12
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- 13
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Definition of harpoon
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
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noun
- A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
- A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper.
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(slang)A harmonica.
“I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana.”
verb
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(transitive)To shoot something with a harpoon.
“Pilot whales, also known as blackfish, were fairly plentiful, and Mundus would harpoon one or two, haul them out onto the beach, and butcher them.”
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Etymology
From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (“harpoon”). Doublet of harpagon.
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