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harpoon noun /hɑːˈpuːn/ /hɑːrˈpuːn/ jump to other results - a weapon like a spear attached to a long rope that you can throw or fire from a gun and is used for catching large fish, whales, etc.
- They hunt whales with harpoons.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHarpoon is used before these nouns: See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a barbed dart or spear): from French harpon, from harpe ‘dog's claw, clamp’, via Latin from Greek harpē ‘sickle’.
harpoon verb /hɑːˈpuːn/ /hɑːrˈpuːn/ jump to other results - harpoon something to hit something with a harpoon
- Thousands of whales have been harpooned in these waters.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHarpoon is used with these nouns as the object: See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a barbed dart or spear): from French harpon, from harpe ‘dog's claw, clamp’, via Latin from Greek harpē ‘sickle’.
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