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  • Harpoon — Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), n. [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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Harpoon fork — Harpoon Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), n. [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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Harpoon gun — Harpoon Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), n. [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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • harpoon — ► NOUN ▪ a barbed spear like missile attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures. ► VERB ▪ spear with a harpoon. DERIVATIVES harpooner noun. ORIGIN French harpon, from… …   English terms dictionary

  • Harpoon — A harpoon is a long spear like instrument used in fishing to catch fish or other large aquatic animals such as whales. It accomplishes this task by impaling the target animal, with the fishermen then using the a rope or chain attached to the butt …   Wikipedia

  • harpoon — harpooner, n. harpoonlike, adj. /hahr poohn /, n. 1. a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish. 2. (cap.) Mil. a jet powered, radar guided U.S. Navy …   Universalium

  • Hand net — Fishing for salmon with a hand or dip net on the Fraser River, Canada A hand net, also called a scoop net, is a net or mesh basket held open by a hoop. It may or may not be on the end of a handle. Hand nets have been used since antiquity and can… …   Wikipedia

  • harpoon — noun a barbed spear like missile attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures. verb spear with a harpoon. Derivatives harpooner noun Origin C17: from Fr. harpon, from harpe …   English new terms dictionary

  • harpoon — har•poon [[t]hɑrˈpun[/t]] n. 1) a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish 2) to strike, catch, or kill with or as if with a harpoon • Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

  • harpoon — /haˈpun / (say hah poohn) noun 1. a barbed, spear like missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used in catching whales and large fish. 2. Colloquial an additional period taught by a teacher because of the absence of a… …  

  • harpoon — a pointed dart with barbs attached to the end of a line several hundred metres in length, the other end of which is attached to a flotation device or shaft. Harpoons are thrown by hand or by a gun mechanism into a fish like swordfish, bluefin… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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