harpooneer
World English Dictionary
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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| harpooneer | |
noun | |
| someone who launches harpoons [syn: harpooner] |
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Harpooneer
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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