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weapon

//ˈwɛp.ən//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for weapon

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
weapons

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
weapon
past (v2)
weaponed
past participle (v3)
weaponed
present participle
weaponing
3rd person singular
weapons

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 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. 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. 3.A tool of any kind.(humorous)

  4. 4.An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.(slang)

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 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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