Definitions for harpoons

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harpoons har·poon

Spelling: [hahr-poon]

IPA: /hɑrˈpun/

Harpoons is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in harpoons (ahnooprs).

Definitions for harpoons

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. (initial capital letter) 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.

Origin of harpoons

1590-1600; Dutch harpoen ≪ Old French harpon a clasp, brooch, equivalent to harp- (Latin harpē Greek: hook) + -on diminutive suffix

Examples for harpoons

Gets harpooned, rubs the harpoon into himself, and slays himself.

He had a harpoon and I had a knife and we beat them and took their ship.

Almost before the harpoon has struck the boat is backed swiftly.

Then the whalers did not use a gun, but threw the harpoon by hand.

The order when the harpooner has thrown his harpoon into the whale.

That was the tightening of the line attached to the handle of the harpoon.

He had not time to get it from the sheath before I had the harpoon through him.

Simply the circumstance of his having held on to the harpoon.

In addition to the harpoon every swordfish fisherman carries a lance.

We supposed that the paddle and the harpoon went with the kayak.