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  1. A harpoon is a long spear that's barbed. To harpoon is to strike an animal, like a whale, with a harpoon. If you are Moby Dick, you steer clear of harpoons. There are many weapons people use to hunt, such as guns, knives, and spears.

  2. a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.

  3. Jan 21, 2020 · Gaffing big, tough fish, such as tuna or swordfish poses a real threat to the crew when the fish is brought aboard. Learn how and why to use a harpoon to land big fish.

  4. A harpoon is a barbed spear used to kill whales, tuna, swordfish, and other large sea creatures. Harpoons were formerly thrown by hand but now, in the case of whales, are shot from specially constructed guns. A hand-thrown harpoon has two sets of sharp barbs and is made in two parts: the lily iron and the shaft.

  5. 596 subscribers. Subscribed. 290. 10K views 5 years ago. The Professor introduces himself and presents several variants of harpoons. Used originally by Native Americans, harpoons are hunting tools....

  6. HARPOON | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of harpoon in English. harpoon. noun [ C ] us / hɑːrˈpuːn / uk / hɑːˈpuːn / Add to word list. a long, heavy spear (= a long, sharp weapon) attached to a rope, used for killing large fish or whales. Bluberries/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages.

  7. noun. /hɑːˈpuːn/ /hɑːrˈpuːn/ 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 Dictionary. Word Origin. Want to learn more?

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