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harpoon
[ hahr-poon ]
noun
- a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- Harpoon, Military. a jet-powered, radar-guided U.S. Navy cruise missile with a high explosive warhead designed for use against surface ships and launchable from a surface vessel, submerged submarine, or aircraft.
verb (used with object)
- to strike, catch, or kill with or as if with a harpoon.
harpoon
/ ³óÉ‘Ëˈ±è³ÜË²Ô /
noun
- a barbed missile attached to a long cord and hurled or fired from a gun when hunting whales, etc
- ( as modifier )
a harpoon gun
verb
- tr to spear with or as if with a harpoon
Derived Forms
- ³ó²¹°ùˈ±è´Ç´Ç²Ô±ð°ù, noun
- ³ó²¹°ùˈ±è´Ç´Ç²Ô-ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó²¹°ù·±è´Ç´Ç²Ôİù noun
- ³ó²¹°ù·±è´Ç´Ç²Ôl¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of harpoon1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of harpoon1
Example Sentences
Not believing him, the salesman behind the counter becomes the sole fatality in a freak harpoon gun accident that’s much more disgusting than I’m giving it credit for.
Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.
Monitoring by the government's veterinary agency showed that explosive harpoons were causing whales prolonged agony.
McLaren did their first runs on medium tyres in the first session to try to save softs for later but it seems to have harpooned Piastri.
“And when they got close enough to the seal, they would grab their harpoon and get the seal,†said Johnson, an Inupiaq originally from Nome.
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