Definition of Harpoon
a spikey spear connected to a long cord that is hurled by hand or a gun used usually to stab a marine animal
Examples of Harpoon in a sentence
A village fisherman threw his harpoon into the whale causing it to thrash about in pain due to the bloody gash in its skin. 🔊
After making his own harpoon, Tom Hanks’ character thrusts the long and pointy weapon into the fish in order to catch his food. 🔊
The harpoon ejected from the spear gun so that it would impale the shark lurking in the shallow waters. 🔊
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