harpoons
Meaning of harpoons
plural noun
a barbed missile resembling a spear that is attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures.
verb, 3rd person present- spear with a harpoon.
Gilbert's father harpooned a five-metre basking shark
early 17th century (denoting a barbed dart or spear): from French harpon, from harpe ‘dog's claw, clamp’, via Latin from Greek harpē ‘sickle’.
Information about harpoons
- The singular form of harpoons is: harpoon.
- Languages in which harpoons is used:
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Hyphenation of harpoons
har-poons
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- harpoons is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
harpoons synonyms
Meaning a weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing:
Meaning a three-pronged spear, especially as an attribute of Poseidon (Neptune) or Britannia:
Meaning a weapon consisting of a thin, straight stick with a sharp point, designed to be shot from a bow:
Meaning a small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired:
Meaning a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult:
Meaning a stick with a hook or barbed spear, for landing large fish:
Meaning a pronged spear used for catching salmon:
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