to harpoon

Examples

• All

• "They waited for them on a floe edge, and they harpooned them from kayaks."

  Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

• If it's landed—harpooned, tail-roped, and hauled aboard—they'll get a third of its sale (typically from $300 to $7,000).

  Fiction book (2001)

• I'd like to go out and harpoon a whale somewhere.

  Fiction book (1990)

• We harpooned him not 10 miles from this spot.

  Moby Dick (1956)

• After the fish has been hauled in close, she looks, aims, and harpoons it.

  Fiction book (2001)

• As the boat approached the pod, the hunter carefully aimed and harpooned the leading whale.

• To study its migration patterns, researchers plan to harpoon the whale and attach a tracking device.

Synonyms

B

to bayonet

vsto harpoon

• NSFW

2 9.3

To stab someone with a blade fixed to a rifle

targets animals rather than people when striking with a spear-like weapon

Compounds

H

harpoon gun

1 6.9

A device that shoots a long pointed spear to catch large sea animals like whales or fish

H

harpoon line

6.9

A strong rope attached to a harpoon that holds a caught animal to the boat

H

harpoon log

• Archaic

9.9

A tool pulled behind a ship to measure how far it travels

How Forceful

to harpoon

4 6.6

to gaff

• Specialized

1 8.1

Surface Forms

Etymology