- gun-harpoon
- [ʹgʌnhɑ:ʹpu:n] n
острога или гарпун, выбрасываемые из пушки
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
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Harpoon gun — Harpoon Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Harpoon — Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), 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. a rph … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Harpoon fork — Harpoon Har*poon (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n ), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harpoon-gun — harpoonˈ gun noun • • • Main Entry: ↑harpoon … Useful english dictionary
harpoon — ► NOUN ▪ a barbed spear like missile attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures. ► VERB ▪ spear with a harpoon. DERIVATIVES harpooner noun. ORIGIN French harpon, from… … English terms dictionary
Harpoon — A harpoon is a long spear like instrument used in fishing to catch fish or other large aquatic animals such as whales. It accomplishes this task by impaling the target animal, with the fishermen then using the a rope or chain attached to the butt … Wikipedia
harpoon — harpooner, n. harpoonlike, adj. /hahr poohn /, n. 1. a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish. 2. (cap.) Mil. a jet powered, radar guided U.S. Navy … Universalium
harpoon — n. & v. n. a barbed spearlike missile with a rope attached, for catching whales etc. v.tr. spear with a harpoon. Phrases and idioms: harpoon gun a gun for firing a harpoon. Derivatives: harpooner n. Etymology: F harpon f. harpe clamp f. L harpa f … Useful english dictionary
gun — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, heavy ▪ loaded ▪ enemy ▪ They succeeded in silencing the enemy guns. ▪ anti aircraft … Collocations dictionary
gun — Synonyms and related words: AA gun, Armstrong, BAR, BB gun, Benet Mercie, Beretta, Big Bertha, Bren, Bren gun, Browning, Cain, Colt, Garand, Garand rifle, Garling, Gatling, Gatling gun, Hotchkiss, Krupp, Lancaster, Lee Enfield, Lee Metford, Lewis … Moby Thesaurus
harpoon — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Harpoon is used before these nouns: ↑gun {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Harpoon is used with these nouns as the object: ↑whale … Collocations dictionary
