 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
harpoon
noun: a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for
catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached
to it
verb: spear with a harpoon; "harpoon whales"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Harpooned}
(-p[=oo]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harpooning}.]
To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harpoon \Har*poon"\ (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n"), noun [F. harpon, LL.
harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to
take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook
(the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but
cf. also Gr. "a'rph the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf.
{Harp}.]
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, flat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is
thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.
{Harpoon fork}, a kind of hayfork, consisting of a bar with
hinged barbs at one end and a loop for a rope at the other
end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.
{Harpoon gun}, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting
the harpoon into a whale.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "harpoon":
bag, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul, hook, land,
lasso, mesh, nail, net, noose, rope, sack, snag, snare, sniggle,
spear, take, tangle, tangle up with, trap
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