| Harpoon 1. (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. 2. (v. t.) To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon. Thesaurus Entries bag, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul, hook, land, lasso, mesh, nail, net, noose, rope, sack, snag, snare, sniggle, spear, take, tangle, tangle up with, trap |