English-Thai Dictionary

harpoon

N ฉมวก  ชนัก  cha-muak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HARPOON

n.[Gr. to seize with the claws; probably L. rapio, by transposition of letters.] A harping-iron; a spear or javelin, used to strike whales for killing them. It consists of a long shank, with a broad flat triangular head, sharpened at both edges for penetrating the whale with facility. It is generally thrown by hand.

 

HARPOON

v.t.To strike, catch or kill with a harpoon. The beluga is usually caught in nets, but is sometimes harpooned.

 

HARPOONED

pp. Struck, caught or killed with a harpoon.

 

HARPOONER

n.One who uses a harpoon; the man in a whale-boat who throws the harpoon.

 

HARPOONING

ppr. Striking with a harpoon.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HARPOON

Har *poon ", n. Etym: [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp ); but cf. also Gr. harpy. Cf. Harp. ]

 

Defn: 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, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. Harpoon fork, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end 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

Har *poon ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harpooned; p. pr. & vb. n.Harpooning. ]

 

Defn: To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.

 

HARPOONEER

HARPOONEER Har `poon *eer `, n.

 

Defn: An harpooner. Grabb.

 

HARPOONER

Har *poon `er, n. Etym: [Gf. F. harponneur.]

 

Defn: One who throws the harpoon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

harpoon

har poon |ˌhärˈpo͞on ˌhɑrˈpun | ▶noun a barbed spearlike missile attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures. ▶verb [ with obj. ] spear (something ) with a harpoon. DERIVATIVES har poon er noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting a barbed dart or spear ): from French harpon, from harpe ‘dog's claw, clamp, ’ via Latin from Greek harpē ‘sickle. ’

 

harpoon gun

har poon gun ▶noun a type of gun used for firing harpoons.

 

Oxford Dictionary

harpoon

har |poon |hɑːˈpuːn | ▶noun a barbed spear-like missile attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures. ▶verb [ with obj. ] spear with a harpoon. DERIVATIVES harpooner noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting a barbed dart or spear ): from French harpon, from harpe ‘dog's claw, clamp ’, via Latin from Greek harpē ‘sickle ’.

 

harpoon gun

har |poon gun ▶noun a type of gun used for firing harpoons.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

harpoon

harpoon noun the whalers were equipped with harpoons: spear, trident, dart, barb, gaff, leister.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

harpoon

harpoon noun spear, trident, arrow, dart, barb; rare gaff, leister.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

harpoon

har poon /hɑː r púːn /名詞 C (捕鯨用の )銛 （もり ）.動詞 他動詞 〈鯨など 〉を銛で仕留める, 〈鯨など 〉に銛を打ち込む .～́ g ù n 捕鯨砲 .～er 名詞 C 銛打ち .