har'poon-like
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harpoon (hɑːˈpuːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a barbed missile attached to a long cord and hurled or fired from a gun when hunting whales, etc |
| b. (as modifier): a harpoon gun | |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to spear with or as if with a harpoon |
| [C17: probably from Dutch harpoen, from Old French harpon clasp, from harper to seize, perhaps of Scandinavian origin] | |
| har'pooner | |
| —n | |
| harpoon'eer | |
| —n | |
| har'poon-like | |
| —adj | |
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