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1. (n.) harpoon
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. (v.t.) harpoon
to strike, catch, or kill with or as if with a harpoon.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < D harpoen&indirdesc; OF harpon a clasp, brooch)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) harpoon
a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it
2. (verb) harpoon
spear with a harpoon
"harpoon whales"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) harpoon
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
2. (verb) harpoon
to strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon
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Sense: a spear fastened to a rope, used especially for killing whales.
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 Afrikaans: harpoen |
 Arabic: حَرْبَه |
 Bulgarian: харпун |
 Brazilian: arpão |
 Czech: harpuna |
 German: die Harpune |
 Danish: harpun |
 Greek: καμάκι |
 Spanish: arpón |
 Estonian: harpuun |
 Farsi: زوبین |
 Finnish: harppuuna |
 French: harpon |
 Hebrew: צִלצָל |
 Hindi: मत्स्यभाला |
 Croatian: harpun |
 Hungarian: szigony |
 Indonesian: seruit |
 Icelandic: skutull |
 Italian: arpione |
 Japanese: もり |
 Korean: 작살 |
 Lithuanian: harpūnas |
 Latvian: harpūna |
 Malay: tempuling |
 Dutch: harpoen |
 Norwegian: harpun |
 Polish: harpun |
 Persian: زوبین |
 Pashto: داوسپنى ازغنه نيزه چه دنه |
 Portuguese: arpão |
 Romanian: harpon |
 Russian: гарпун |
 Slovak: harpúna |
 Slovenian: harpuna |
 Serbian: harpun |
 Swedish: harpun |
 Thai: ฉมวก |
 Turkish: zıpkın |
 Taiwanese: (捕鯨用的)魚叉 |
 Ukrainian: гарпун |
 Urdu: رسی سے بندھا برچھی نما ہت |
 Vietnamese: cây lao móc |
 Chinese: （捕鲸等的）鱼叉 |
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