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harpoon

[ hahr-poon ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. 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)

  1. to strike, catch, or kill with or as if with a harpoon.

harpoon

/ ³óÉ‘Ëˈ±è³ÜË²Ô /

noun

    1. a barbed missile attached to a long cord and hurled or fired from a gun when hunting whales, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a harpoon gun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to spear with or as if with a harpoon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ³ó²¹°ùˈ±è´Ç´Ç²Ô±ð°ù, noun
  • ³ó²¹°ùˈ±è´Ç´Ç²Ô-ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó²¹°ù·±è´Ç´Ç²Ôİù noun
  • ³ó²¹°ù·±è´Ç´Ç²Ôl¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of harpoon1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Dutch harpoen, ultimately derived from Old French harpon “a clasp, brooch,†equivalent to harp- (from Latin ³ó²¹°ù±èŧ, from Greek: “hookâ€) + -on diminutive suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of harpoon1

C17: probably from Dutch harpoen, from Old French harpon clasp, from harper to seize, perhaps of Scandinavian origin
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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.

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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.

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Monitoring by the government's veterinary agency showed that explosive harpoons were causing whales prolonged agony.

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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.

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“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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