harpoons in English

noun

1

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.

The whale-line is the length of rope attached to the harpoon , which connects the boat to the whale it is following.

synonyms: spear, trident, dart, barb, gaff, leister

verb

1

spear (something) with a harpoon.

For a monarch caterpillar, ingesting milkweed poisons is not a surefire defense against a predatory stinkbug, which harpoons its victims before sucking up the body fluids.

noun

spear, trident, dart, barb, gaff, leister

Use "harpoons" in a sentence

1. The first offshore drills were called harpoons.

2. The harpoons are radar trackers, and the ship's gone to EMCON.

3. The crotch is a notched stick which holds both harpoons.

4. 1 00 years ago, using hand-thrown harpoons, man did plenty of damage.

5. Mixed with these were rusty old whaling lances and harpoons all broken and deformed.

6. This year, It'signed up landlocked Laos, not previously known for its prowess with harpoons.

7. They're physically putting their bodies on the line between the whalers' harpoons and the whales.

8. Go and gaze upon the iron emblematical harpoons round yonder lofty mansion, and your question will be answered.

9. But " The Crossed Harpoons, " and " The Sword - Fish? " -- this, then must needs be the sign of " The Trap. "

10. With jade-tipped harpoons they stalked and killed 60 ton whales in skincovered kayaks, called Bidarkas and umikaks

11. 19 Winter hunting equipment, for example-including snow goggles, ice picks, and harpoons-was stored in skin bags.

12. With halting steps I paced the streets, and passed the sign of " The Crossed Harpoons " -- but it looked too expensive and jolly there.

13. ‘Arrows and Barbed harpoons were placed near the right leg; milling stones, awls, chisels, knives, and other offerings were set to the left of the body.’ ‘Talon's next words were similarly cut short when a wickedly Barbed, green-feathered arrow hissed in through the doorway.’

14. ‘Arrows and Barbed harpoons were placed near the right leg; milling stones, awls, chisels, knives, and other offerings were set to the left of the body.’ ‘Talon's next words were similarly cut short when a wickedly Barbed, green-feathered arrow hissed in through the doorway.’

15. One day all the Aleuts moved out of the village and paddled their Bidarkas back to Port Graham.: One-man and two-man skin boats known as Bidarkas, or kayaks, and large, open, skin boats were used.: At Fort Ross Bidarkas and waterproof clothing were made from the skins and bladders of Farallone sea lions.: With jade-tipped harpoons they stalked and killed 60 ton whales in skincovered kayaks