harpoon
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From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpagē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpazō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”).
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harpoon (plural harpoons)
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spearlike weapon
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harpoon (third-person singular simple present harpoons, present participle harpooning, simple past and past participle harpooned)
- (transitive) To hunt something with a harpoon.
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to hunt with a harpoon
