Harpoon word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "harpoon" word

[noun] a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it
[verb] spear with a harpoon; "harpoon whales"

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\Har*poon"\, n. [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. ? the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf. {Harp}.] 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.
\Har*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harpooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harpooning}.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.

Related terms: bag, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul, hook, land, lasso, mesh, nail, net, noose, rope, sack, snag, snare, sniggle, spear, take, tangle, tangle up with, trap

The fun area, different aproach to word »harpoon«

Let's analyse "harpoon" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NOOPRAH. Average typing speed for these characters is 1840 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .... .- .-. .--. --- --- -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: harpoon: 1 + 6 + 6 = 13, reduced: 4 . and the final result is Four.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: harpoon: 8 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 5 = 42, reduced: 6, and the final result is Six.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (2)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong

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