Meaning of "harpoon" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HARPOON

Probably from Dutch harpoen, from Old French harpon clasp, from harper to seize, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HARPOON

harpoon  [hɑːˈpuːn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARPOON

Harpoon is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb harpoon in English.

WHAT DOES HARPOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Harpoon

A harpoon is a long spear-like instrument used in fishing to catch fish or large marine mammals such as whales. It accomplishes this task by impaling the target animal, allowing the fishermen to use a rope or chain attached to the butt of the projectile to catch the animal. A harpoon can also be used as a weapon.

Definition of harpoon in the English dictionary

The definition of harpoon in the dictionary is a barbed missile attached to a long cord and hurled or fired from a gun when hunting whales, etc. Other definition of harpoon is to spear with or as if with a harpoon.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HARPOON

PRESENT

Present

I harpoon

you harpoon

he/she/it harpoons

we harpoon

you harpoon

they harpoon

Present continuous

I am harpooning

you are harpooning

he/she/it is harpooning

we are harpooning

you are harpooning

they are harpooning

Present perfect

I have harpooned

you have harpooned

he/she/it has harpooned

we have harpooned

you have harpooned

they have harpooned

Present perfect continuous

I have been harpooning

you have been harpooning

he/she/it has been harpooning

we have been harpooning

you have been harpooning

they have been harpooning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I harpooned

you harpooned

he/she/it harpooned

we harpooned

you harpooned

they harpooned

Past continuous

I was harpooning

you were harpooning

he/she/it was harpooning

we were harpooning

you were harpooning

they were harpooning

Past perfect

I had harpooned

you had harpooned

he/she/it had harpooned

we had harpooned

you had harpooned

they had harpooned

Past perfect continuous

I had been harpooning

you had been harpooning

he/she/it had been harpooning

we had been harpooning

you had been harpooning

they had been harpooning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will harpoon

you will harpoon

he/she/it will harpoon

we will harpoon

you will harpoon

they will harpoon

Future continuous

I will be harpooning

you will be harpooning

he/she/it will be harpooning

we will be harpooning

you will be harpooning

they will be harpooning

Future perfect

I will have harpooned

you will have harpooned

he/she/it will have harpooned

we will have harpooned

you will have harpooned

they will have harpooned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been harpooning

you will have been harpooning

he/she/it will have been harpooning

we will have been harpooning

you will have been harpooning

they will have been harpooning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would harpoon

you would harpoon

he/she/it would harpoon

we would harpoon

you would harpoon

they would harpoon

Conditional continuous

I would be harpooning

you would be harpooning

he/she/it would be harpooning

we would be harpooning

you would be harpooning

they would be harpooning

Conditional perfect

I would have harpoon

you would have harpoon

he/she/it would have harpoon

we would have harpoon

you would have harpoon

they would have harpoon

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been harpooning

you would have been harpooning

he/she/it would have been harpooning

we would have been harpooning

you would have been harpooning

they would have been harpooning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you harpoon
we let´s harpoon
you harpoon

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to harpoon

Past participle

harpooned

Present Participle

harpooning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HARPOON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «harpoon» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of harpoon

arrow · barb · dart · spear · trident

TRANSLATION OF HARPOON

Find out the translation of harpoon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of harpoon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harpoon» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 鱼叉
• Translator English - Spanish: arpón
• English: harpoon
• Translator English - Hindi: भाला
• Translator English - Arabic: الحربة
• Translator English - Russian: гарпун
• Translator English - Portuguese: arpão
• Translator English - Bengali: টেটা
• Translator English - French: harpon
• Translator English - Malay: Tempurung
• Translator English - German: Harpune
• Translator English - Japanese: 銛
• Translator English - Korean: 작살
• Translator English - Javanese: Harpoon
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cây lao để đâm cá voi
• Translator English - Tamil: தூண்டில்
• Translator English - Marathi: हापूस
• Translator English - Turkish: zıpkın
• Translator English - Italian: arpione
• Translator English - Polish: harpun
• Translator English - Ukrainian: гарпун
• Translator English - Romanian: harpon
• Translator English - Greek: καμάκι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: harpoen
• Translator English - Swedish: harpun
• Translator English - Norwegian: Harpoon

QUOTES WITH «HARPOON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word harpoon.

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John Hope

We have sat on the river bank and caught catfish with pin hooks. The time has come to harpoon a whale.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARPOON»

Discover the use of harpoon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harpoon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling

With passion and engaging detail, Andrew Darby profiles each species of whale and its place in this great drama.

Andrew Darby, 2009

Harpoon of the Hunter

In this astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment, Markoosie describes life in the Canadian Arctic before the arrival of the first White trappers or whalers.

Markoosie, 1970

PV Ventura/Harpoon Units of World War 2

Beretter om bombeenheder - fortrinsvis amerikanske - med bombeflytyperne PV Ventura og PV-2 Harpoon under 2. verdenskrig

Alan C. Carey, 2002

Harpoon Venture

This is a new release of the original 1952 edition.

Gavin Maxwell, 2013

Stranger In Harpoon Bay

When a man is washed up on a rocky outcrop, he awakes without his memory in the Harpoon Bay hospital, a small town in economic trouble.

Bruce Cooke, 2009

The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, ...

(Author) SLAM was conceived as an air weapon, but it was successfully fired by the cruiser Lake Champlain (using a Harpoon booster) on 26 June 1990, using a LAMPS III helicopter for guidance. In 1995 ship-launched SLAM was included in  ...

Norman Friedman, 1997

Indian Fishing: Early Methods on the Northwest Coast

Thrusting his harpoon with just enough power to impale the fish, but not too much to break the gear if he should miss, a man learned to judge the depth of water and the speed of the swimming fish, allowing for light refraction at the same time.

Hilary Stewart, 1996

Harpoon in Eden

The adventures and exploits of the Paddock family of Nantucket during the great days of sperm whaling in the mid-nineteenth century.

Francis van Wyck Mason, 1969

Delmar's Dental Assisting: A Comprehensive Approach

The aspiratory syringe has a harpoon on the end of the piston. The harpoon penetrates the rubber end of the anesthetic cartridge. Once the needle is placed in the tissues, the operator retracts the thumb ring, creating negative pressure ( Figure ...

Donna J. Phinney, Judy H. Halstead, 2003

A Systemic Harpoon Into Family Games: Preventive ...

A SYSTEMIC HARPOON INTO FAMILY GAMES Preventive Interventions in Therapy by GIULIANA PRATA, M.D. • New York Publishers BRUNNER/MAZEL, Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Prata, Giuliana. A systemic ...

Giuliana Prata, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARPOON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harpoon is used in the context of the following news items.

Lake Wyola Association Beer & Wine Tasting set for Saturday - Daily …

Products from Amherst Brewing Co., Berkshire Brewing Co., Harpoon Brewery, Iron Duke Brewing, Abandoned Building Brewery, Lefty's ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»

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In the films, a harpoon gun was used with abandon in Thunderball and likely helped with the dismissal of the film by Bond fans everywhere. «CBS Local, Jul 15»

Summer means time for some lemon (or lime) with that lager - Quad …

This June 15, 2015 photo shows MillerCoors' Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy and Harpoon Brewery's UFO Big Squeeze Shandy in Concord, ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»

Parrikar-led panel OKs long-pending defence deals worth Rs 30000 …

The radar-packed planes are armed with deadly Harpoon Block-II missiles, MK-54 lightweight torpedoes, rockets and depth charges to take on ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

It's a Big World: Not many good reasons to avoid a Calaveras visit …

Another pretty face with a deadly harpoon-like tooth that can penetrate a wet suit and cause, yes, you guessed it, death. Once I had read all of ... «Calaveras Enterprise, Jul 15»

'Teen Wolf' 5x03 recap: Blurring the lines - Hypable

The pack looks up to find the three Dread Doctors standing above them (one with a harpoon gun) who think Lucas' condition was terminal. «Hypable, Jul 15»

Restaurant pop-ups give chefs the chance to whet appetites for new …

Melbourne's Belle's Hot Chicken has popped up at Sydney's Icebergs and Harpoon Harry. And Pei Modern Melbourne has hosted Sydney's ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»

Lena Dunham is launching a newsletter for young women - London …

... Lena Dunham is set to expand her brand once again this year, aiming her creative harpoon this time at the digital publishing industry. «Evening Standard, Jul 15»

How to handle a huge halibut | Homer Tribune

“I grabbed the leader, pulled it across the top of the water and shoved my harpoon through it. And then I shot it with the .410.” It took three men ... «Homer Tribune, Jul 15»

Officials pondering Marine Industrial Park's future - The Boston Globe

Whatever happens, Warren Dibble, the chief financial officer at Harpoon Brewery, wants the industrial park to maintain its industrial identity, ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»