Harpoon /(här*po͡on")/

Har·poon

Harpoon

n.
  1. 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.

Phrases & Compounds
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.

Harpoon

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Harpooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Harpooning

  1. To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.