| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb harpoon.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (harpoon) | 1. Spear with a harpoon; "harpoon whales".[Wordnet]. 2. To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: harpooning, harpooned, harpoons, harpooner, harpooners, harpooningly and harpoonedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HARPOONING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HARPOONING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Striking with a harpoon.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of harpoon. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: harpoon
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Harpoon (computer game) | Harpoon is a realistic air and naval combat simulation computer game based upon Larry Bond's miniatures game of the same name. (references) | ||
| Harpoon base | A harpoon base is an organic base that is a very strong base but at the same time a poor nucleophile. In thermodynamic reaction control an electron donor molecule acts as a nucleophile, in kinetic reaction control the electron donor abstracts a proton (or rather the proton gets harpooned). For this reason harpoon bases are said to be involved in kinetic deprotonation. (references) | ||
| Harpoon Brewery | Harpoon Brewery is a local independent beer brewery with plants in Windsor, Vermont and Boston, Massachusetts. In 1987, the year of its founding, Harpoon Brewery was the first to gain a permit to make and sell alcohol in the state of Massachusetts. Harpoon specializes in crafting unique types of beer and ale, and has been an important part of the rebirth of the microbrewery system in the United States. (references) | ||
| 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Harpoon gun | 1: A gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A cannon or similar gun that fires harpoons. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Harpoon line | A strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Harpoon log | A cylindrical log with a device that registers distance. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Operation Harpoon | 2. Operation Harpune was the major German deception plan of 1941. This operation falsely portrayed as inevitable the invasion of England (Operation Seelowe) while concealing preparation for war with the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) Harpune had two parts, Harpune Sus (Harpoon South) operated from the French channel ports, while Harpune Nord (Harpoon North) did the same in Scandinavia. (references) | ||
| Toggling Harpoon | Fagan, Brian. Ancient North America. Thames & Hudson, London. 2005, p. 194. (references) | ||
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