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Harpoon
Definitions
- 1 A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
- 2 a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it wordnet
- 3 A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper.
- 4 A harmonica. slang
"I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana."
- 1 To shoot something with a harpoon. transitive
"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."
- 2 spear with a harpoon wordnet
Etymology
From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare 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.
From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare 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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