<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>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.</li><li>A jet-powered, radar-guided U.S. Navy cruise missile with a high explosive warhead designed for use against surface ships and launchable from a surface vessel, submerged submarine, or aircraft.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To strike, catch, or kill with or as if with a harpoon.</li></ul>