weapon
//ˈwɛp.ən//
Forms
- Plural
- weapons
- present (v1)
- weapon
- past (v2)
- weaponed
- past participle (v3)
- weaponed
- present participle
- weaponing
- 3rd person singular
- weapons
Definitions
1.An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
- The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.
2.An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
- Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.
- Rory Delap's long throw-ins are a familiar weapon to the Potters' opponents but this does not make them any easier to defend against.
3.A tool of any kind.(humorous)
4.An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.(slang)
1.To equip with a weapon; to arm.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #976
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom.
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