Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to harpoon
Participle: harpooned
Gerund: harpooning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | harpoon |
| you | harpoon |
| he;she;it | harpoons |
| we | harpoon |
| you | harpoon |
| they | harpoon |
Perfect
| I | have harpooned |
| you | have harpooned |
| he;she;it | has harpooned |
| we | have harpooned |
| you | have harpooned |
| they | have harpooned |
Past
| I | harpooned |
| you | harpooned |
| he;she;it | harpooned |
| we | harpooned |
| you | harpooned |
| they | harpooned |
Pluperfect
| I | had harpooned |
| you | had harpooned |
| he;she;it | had harpooned |
| we | had harpooned |
| you | had harpooned |
| they | had harpooned |
Future
| I | will harpoon |
| you | will harpoon |
| he;she;it | will harpoon |
| we | will harpoon |
| you | will harpoon |
| they | will harpoon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have harpooned |
| you | will have harpooned |
| he;she;it | will have harpooned |
| we | will have harpooned |
| you | will have harpooned |
| they | will have harpooned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | harpoon |
| you | harpoon |
| he;she;it | harpoon |
| we | harpoon |
| you | harpoon |
| they | harpoon |
Perfect
| I | have harpooned |
| you | have harpooned |
| he;she;it | have harpooned |
| we | have harpooned |
| you | have harpooned |
| they | have harpooned |
Imperfect
| I | harpooned |
| you | harpooned |
| he;she;it | harpooned |
| we | harpooned |
| you | harpooned |
| they | harpooned |
Pluperfect
| I | had harpooned |
| you | had harpooned |
| he;she;it | had harpooned |
| we | had harpooned |
| you | had harpooned |
| they | had harpooned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would harpoon |
| you | would harpoon |
| he;she;it | would harpoon |
| we | would harpoon |
| you | would harpoon |
| they | would harpoon |
Perfect
| I | would have harpooned |
| you | would have harpooned |
| he;she;it | would have harpooned |
| we | would have harpooned |
| you | would have harpooned |
| they | would have harpooned |
Imperative
| you | harpoon |
| we | Let's harpoon |
| you | harpoon |
Verbs conjugated like 'harpoon'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'harpoon'
carcoon,
carpool,
cartoon,
lampoon,
maroon,
marroon,
apron,
arson,
balloon,
bassoon,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1613, from Fr.
harpon, from O.Fr.
harpon "cramp iron, clamp" (described as a mason's tool for fastening stones together), from
harper "to grapple, grasp," possibly of Gmc. origin, or from L.
harpa- "hook" (cf.
harpagonem "grappling hook," from Gk.
*harpagon, related to
harpe "sickle"). Earlier
harping-iron (1596). Sense and spelling perhaps infl. by Du. (cf. M.Du.
harpoen) or Basque, the first whaling peoples, who usually accompanied Eng. sailors on their early expeditions.
2. From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (“harpoon”). Doublet of harpagon. See: Latin '
harpagō'.
Verbs referencing "harpoon"
Latin
sarpo.
Sample Sentences
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Pilot whales, also known as blackfish, were fairly plentiful, and Mundus would harpoon one or two, haul them out onto the beach, and butcher them. [1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 176:]