📖 Definitions of "Harpoon gun"
noun
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A small gun, on a whaler, that fires harpoons
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Harpoon gun"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| harpoonnoun | A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish. |
| harpoonernoun | A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales. |
| harpooningnoun | The act of shooting with a harpoon |
| whalernoun | One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry. |
| span ironnoun | (nautical) A special kind of harpoon, usually secured just below the gunwale of a whaleboat. |
| toggle ironnoun | A harpoon with one or more pivoted crosspieces in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned. |
| whelkernoun | A person who fishes for whelks. |
| droguenoun | (aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute. |
| lancenoun | A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. |
| loggerheadnoun | The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an oceanic turtle found throughout the world. |
| bow chasernoun | One of a pair of long guns mounted forward in the bow of a sailing warship to fire directly ahead; used when chasing an enemy to shoot away her sails and rigging |
| whaleshipnoun | A ship used for hunting whales. |
| stern chasernoun | (nautical) A gun or cannon mounted on the stern of a ship for firing at a pursuing vessel. |
| whalefishernoun | A whaling ship. |
| nantucket sleigh ridenoun | (idiomatic) An instance of the dragging of a whaleboat across the surface of a body of water by a harpooned whale. |
| speargunnoun | A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use. |
| quahoggernoun | (US) A person who harvests quahogs. |
| spear gunnoun | (fishing) A form of mechanical gun that fires a spear as a projectile; generally used under water when spearfishing. |
| hookernoun | (US, slang) A prostitute. |
| torpedo catchernoun | (military, nautical) A small, fast gunboat for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats. |
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