harpoon
To shoot something with a harpoonTo shoot something with a harpoon.
» Tom walked down the pier toward his boat, carrying three harpoons.
Tom ging über den Steg zu seinem Boot, wobei er drei Harpunen mit sich führte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesTo shoot something with a harpoon.
spear with a harpoon
Examples
5 sentencesTom walked down the pier toward his boat, carrying three harpoons.
deTom ging über den Steg zu seinem Boot, wobei er drei Harpunen mit sich führte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This is a harpoon.
ruЭто гарпун. — odexed
Tom has a harpoon.
Philae's harpoons did not deploy.
Man the harpoons!
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient GreekFrom Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (“harpoon”). Doublet of harpagon.
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Forms
harpoons, harpooning, harpooned, harpoonedWord family
2 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.