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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024har•poon /hɑrˈpun/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a spear with a barbed edge attached to a rope, used in hunting whales and large fish.
v. [~ + object] - to spear with a harpoon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024har•poon (här po̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Military(cap.) 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.
v.t. - to strike, catch, or kill with or as if with a harpoon.
- Greek: hook) + -on diminutive suffix
- Latin harpē
- Dutch harpoen Old French harpon a clasp, brooch, equivalent. to harp- (
- 1590–1600
har•poon′er, n. har•poon′like′, adj. |