Harpoon Definition

här-po͝on
harpooned, harpooning, harpoons
noun
A barbed spear with a line attached to it, used for spearing whales or other large sea animals.
Webster's New World

(slang) A harmonica.

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Synonyms:
verb
To strike or catch with a harpoon.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Harpoon

Noun

Singular:
harpoon
Plural:
harpoons

Origin of Harpoon

  • Probably from Dutch harpoen from Middle Dutch from Old French harpon possibly from harpe clamp, claw from Latin harpa sickle from Greek harpē

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpagē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpazō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”).

    From Wiktionary

Harpoon Sentence Examples

  • The harpoon for fishing was at first of bone (75), and was imitated in copper (76, 77) from S.D.

  • Sharks are caught in enormous numbers with hook and harpoon; the flesh is considered by some to have aphrodisiacal properties; the dried fins and tails are exported to China; the oil is used for smearing boats.

  • It is taken with the harpoon and its oil is one of the commercial products of the Amazon valley.

  • An exploding harpoon is fired into the whale's body.

  • It depicts Ken Taylor throwing a harpoon from his kayak on Loch Lomond in 1960.

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