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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