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BNC: 36946 COCA: 21934

harpoon

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harpoon /hɑɚˈpuːn/ noun
plural harpoons
harpoon
/hɑɚˈpuːn/
noun
plural harpoons
Learner's definition of HARPOON
[count]
: a long weapon used especially for hunting large fish or whales(尤指捕大鱼或鲸的)鱼叉

— harpoon

/hɑɚˈpuːn/ verb harpoons; harpooned; harpooning [+ object]

— harpooner

noun, plural harpooners [count]
BNC: 36946 COCA: 21934

harpoon

noun

har·​poon här-ˈpün How to pronounce harpoon (audio)
: a barbed spear or javelin used especially in hunting large fish or whales
harpoon transitive verb
harpooner noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The heavy creature then swam back to the boat where the group was able to pull it up on deck with a harpoon and gaffs. Brian Whipkey, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022 Austin said that Denmark, in particular, announced that ​​it will send a harpoon launcher and missiles to help Ukraine defend its coast while the Czech Republic recently donated attack helicopters, tanks and rocket systems. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 24 May 2022 Nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters. Lolita C. Baldor, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022 Nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters. Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2022 Nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters. Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 23 May 2022 Goldsberry first built a harpoon gun, firing it by accident through his garage door and denting his car. Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online, 30 July 2010 Proof of their resilience came in 2007, when a bowhead caught off this same stretch of Alaskan coast was found to have a fragment of a Victorian harpoon embedded in its neck. Travel, 29 Dec. 2021 The effects are particularly nifty, and the underwater photography, including the climactic parachute-submersible-harpoon mêlée, is tremendous. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably from Dutch harpoen, from Middle Dutch, from Old French harpon brooch, from harper to grapple

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of harpoon was in 1625
BNC: 36946 COCA: 21934

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