harpoon

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
2. A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper.
3. (slang) A harmonica.

Verb

To shoot something with a harpoon.

Sinonieme

spear

lance

fish-spear

gaff

fizgig

dart

🎯

pike

fishing spear

tren

wap

leister

assagai

projectile point

fish-fork

fish spear

gig

grains

javelin

Koppelteken as

har‧poon

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hɑːɹˈpuːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare 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.