drogue
To harpoon or spear with a weapon that has a drogue attachedTo harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached.
(transitive)To use a drogue with.
(intransitive)To act as a drogue, slowing down and stabilizing a drifting object.
(transitive)To transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys.
Origin
Uncertain; probably related to drag in some way.Uncertain; probably related to drag in some way.
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Forms
drogues, droguing, drogued, droguedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.