HARPOON
\hɑːpˈuːn], \hɑːpˈuːn], \h_ɑː_p_ˈuː_n]\
Definitions of HARPOON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it
By Princeton University
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a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.
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To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
By Oddity Software
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A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.
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To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To strike with a harpoon.
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A barbed missile weapon, carrying a long cord for striking whales or the like.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [French, Greek] A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales, consisting of a long shank with a flat triangular barbed iron point for piercing the fish, and a long line to play it. it is usually thrown by the hand, but sometimes it is discharged from a species of gun—gun-harpoon.
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