Definitions for weapon
ˈwɛp ənweapon

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. weapon, arm, weapon systemnoun

   any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

   "he was licensed to carry a weapon"

2. weapon, artillerynoun

   a means of persuading or arguing

   "he used all his conversational weapons"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Weaponnoun

   an instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc

   Etymology: [OE. wepen, AS. wpen; akin to OS. wpan, OFries. wpin, wpen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, wfan, Icel. vpn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. wpna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake.]

2. Weaponnoun

   fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon

   Etymology: [OE. wepen, AS. wpen; akin to OS. wpan, OFries. wpin, wpen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, wfan, Icel. vpn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. wpna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake.]

3. Weaponnoun

   a thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished

   Etymology: [OE. wepen, AS. wpen; akin to OS. wpan, OFries. wpin, wpen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, wfan, Icel. vpn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. wpna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Weapon

   A weapon, arm, or armament is any device used in order to inflict damage or harm to living beings, structures, or systems. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, self-defense, and warfare. In a broader context, weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a strategic, material or mental advantage over an adversary. While ordinary objects such as sticks, stones, cars, or pencils can be used as weapons, many are expressly designed for the purpose – ranging from simple implements such as clubs to swords and guns and on to complicated modern intercontinental ballistic missiles, biological and cyberweapons.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Weapon

   wep′un, n. any instrument or organ of offence or defence.—adjs. Weap′oned; Weap′onless, having no weapons.—n. Weap′on-salve, a salve supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [A.S. wǽpen; Goth. wepna, arms, Ger. waffen and wappen.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. weapon

   An instrument of offensive or defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying or annoying an enemy.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'weapon' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4557

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'weapon' in Nouns Frequency: #777

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1. Alex

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of weapon in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of weapon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of weapon in a Sentence

1. Victoria Sharp:

   You know, I can't say that he was reaching for a weapon or not.

2. Police Chief David Brown:

   While inside the vehicle, officers continued to struggle with the suspect and one of the officers discharged his weapon, striking the suspect.

3. Representatives Speaker John Boehner:

   Listen, this is a bad deal, and most Americans oppose it, i think the president has lost this debate with the American people. He lost it the moment that he agreed to a deal that allows Iran to stay on a path to develop a nuclear weapon.

4. Saadi Shirazi:

   Wickedness, by whomsoever committed, is odious, but most of all in men of learning; for learning is the weapon with which Satan is combated, and when a man is made captive with arms in his hand his shame is more excessive.

5. Sergey Mikheyev:

   This person was under the strong influence of Western subculture, western subculture builds its matrix on the cult of violence. The one who has a weapon in his hands is right. This is a purely American approach to the matter.

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