Harpoon vs. Shaft — What's the Difference?

A harpoon is a long spear-like instrument and tool used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other marine hunting to catch large fish or marine mammals such as whales. It accomplishes this task by impaling the target animal and securing it with barb or toggling claws, allowing the fishermen to use a rope or chain attached to the projectile to catch the animal.

The long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow.

A barbed spear attached to a rope and thrown or fired from a gun, used especially in whaling.

A spear or arrow.

To strike, kill, or capture with or as if with a harpoon.

The handle of any of various tools or implements.

A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.

One of two parallel poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle.

(slang) A harmonica.

A long, generally cylindrical bar that rotates and transmits power, as the drive shaft of an engine.

(transitive) To shoot something with a harpoon.

(Zoology) The main axis of a feather, especially its distal portion.

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, flat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.

The midsection of a long bone; the diaphysis.

To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.

The section of a hair projecting from the surface of the body.

A spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it

The body of the clitoris, extending from the root to the glans.

Spear with a harpoon;

The body of the penis, extending from the root to the glans.

A column or obelisk.

The principal portion of a column, between the capital and the base.

A ray or beam of light.

A bolt of lightning.

A long, narrow, often vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for mining ore; a tunnel.

A vertical passage housing an elevator.

A duct or conduit for the passage of air, as for ventilation or heating.

The upright portion of a boot that covers the leg.

A scornful or sarcastic remark; a barb.

(Slang) Harsh, unfair treatment. Often used with the

Vulgar Slang A penis.

To equip with a shaft.

(Slang) To treat in a harsh, unfair way

(Slang) To penetrate (someone) sexually.

(obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.

A beam or ray of light.

The main axis of a feather.

(lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.

A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine

A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.

A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.

(architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.

The main cylindrical part of the penis.

The chamber of a blast furnace.

(weather) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.

To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

(transitive) To equip with a shaft.

To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.

That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.

The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.

A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; - called also cora humming bird.

A rod at the end of a heddle.

A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.

A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.

The chamber of a blast furnace.

A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

A column of light (as from a beacon)

The main (mid) section of a long bone

Obscene terms for penis

A long pointed rod used as a weapon

A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

A vertical passage into a mine

A revolving rod that transmits power or motion

The hollow shaft of a feather

Equip with a shaft

Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit