weapon

weapon

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of weapon in English

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English

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. Cognate with Scots wapyn, wappen (weapon), West Frisian wapen (weapon), Dutch wapen (weapon; coat of arms), Low German wapen (weapon), German Waffe (weapon) and Wappen (coat of arms), Danish våben (weapon; coat of arms) Swedish vapen (weapon; coat of arms), Norwegian Bokmål våpen (weapon), Icelandic vopn (weapon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛp.ən/
  • Hyphenation: weap‧on
    • Rhymes: -ɛpən
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈwiːp.ən/

Noun

weapon (plural weapons)

  1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords; arm.
    Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:weapon
  2. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
  3. (informal, humorous) A tool of any kind.
    Choose your weapon.
  4. (Britain, slang, derogatory) An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.
  5. (Australia, slang) A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.
    Synonyms: legend, champion, unit
  6. (rare, slang) The human genital organ.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:genitalia

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Verb

weapon (third-person singular simple present weapons, present participle weaponing, simple past and past participle weaponed)

  1. (transitive) To equip with a weapon; to arm.

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See also

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