weapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛp.ən/
rhymes: -ɛpən
ipa: /ˈwiːp.ən/
Forms: form: weapons
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”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian and Dutch wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Low German wapen (“weapon”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vápn, vákn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”).
Senses: examples: text: The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.
text: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
synonyms: arm#Noun
hypernyms: tool
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instrument#Noun
glosses: An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
examples: text: Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.
text: “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: 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.
ref: 2011 January 15, Phil Dawkes, “Stoke 2-0 Bolton”, in BBC:
glosses: An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
examples: text: Choose your weapon.
glosses: A tool of any kind.
synonyms: moron
arse
glosses: An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.
examples: text: It has a whopping 5.4-litre V8, with a supercharger bolted to the top of it to help low-end pulling power. In short, it's a weapon and will happily dust a Porsche as easy as brushing your teeth.
ref: 2006 May 12, Joshua Dowling, “Brains or brawn”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
text: We played Endless Heights' record release show earlier this year and during their set Christian from Endless Heights' lung collapsed, but he finished the set like an absolute weapon.
ref: 2016 November 21, Marcus Tamp, “Hardcore 2016 Focus: Vices”, in The Music:
text: I adore her in Easter Parade and Meet Me in St. Louis, but my favourite performance of hers is her concert at [New York’s] Carnegie Hall. She’s a total weapon on that stage.
ref: 2020 October 23, Alley Pascoe, “Megan Washington's Love Letter To RuPaul”, in Marie Claire:
text: American teenager Caroline Marks was trotting across the sand on her dream day at North Narrabeen when Luke Egan called out to her: "You weapon!" [...] Egan was mentoring Marks in between commentary stints. He was one of the people to chair the weapon up the beach, calling out to her: "What did I tell you!"
ref: 2021 April 20, Will Swanton, “From one goofy-footer to another: American Caroline Marks 'stoked' to win Narrabeen Classic”, in The Australian:
synonyms: legend
champion
unit
glosses: A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.
examples: text: Young motherfucking legend, niggas just pretending
I spit my shit, infectious, don't come in my section
Or get wet bitch with that weapon
Lift the pussy, yeah I bench press it, and I been stressing since a adolescent
ref: 2013 December 3, Beamon, “Lord Love Me” (track 2), in The BeamGod: Lost Files:
text: Weh you get da pussy deh from?
Hey, gyal me love you
Md love the way you use your weapon
Gyal, your pussy tight like a vice grip
ref: 2017 April 13, Mavado, “Ride All Night (My Kinda Girl)” (in Jamaican Creole):
text: Bring my baby a present
Put your head on the dresser
She open her legs, then I whip out my weapon
Sj immortal, the fuck is checking
ref: 2019 February 14, “Jimmy Neutron” (track 4), in NQTATS aka CAVIN KON (lyrics), A Taste Of My Heart:
text: I bust a bitch down in forty-five seconds
If it's good, Imma pop two Percs, and come back for seconds
She probably got a felony, that's an illegal weapon
Stick my whole hand in her pussy, I was tryna stretch it
ref: 2019 June 29, “3 Minutes”, Rio Da Yung OG (lyrics):
synonyms: word: danger zone
word: down there
word: genital organs
word: genitalia
word: genitals
word: genitors
word: intimate parts
word: junk
word: nethers
word: no-no spot
word: pee-pee
word: private parts
word: privates
word: pudenda
word: reproductive organs
word: sex organs
word: sweet spot
word: undercarriage
word: underparts
word: weapon
word: wee-wee
glosses: The human genitals.
Synonyms: word: weapon
word: arm
word: armament
Hypernyms: word: artifact
Hyponyms: word: ABC weapon
alt: ATGW
word: anti-tank guided weapon
word: anti-tank weapon
word: assault weapon
word: atomic weapon
word: binary weapon
word: biological weapon
word: bioweapon
word: chemical weapon
word: cold weapon
word: conventional weapon
word: crew-served weapon
word: cyberweapon
word: digital weapon
word: directed-energy weapon
word: doomsday weapon
word: drop weapon
word: energy weapon
word: forum weapon
word: gun
word: mass destruction weapon
word: murder weapon
word: nuclear weapon
word: personal defense weapon
word: pistol
word: pole weapon
word: radiological weapon
word: ranged weapon
word: section automatic weapon
word: siege weapon
word: space weapon
word: squad automatic weapon
word: superweapon
word: sword
word: tectonic weapon
word: thermobaric weapon
word: thermonuclear weapon
alt: WMD
word: weapon of mass destruction
word: weapon of wholesale destruction
word: firearm
word: knife
word: dagger
word: harpoon
word: flail
word: blade
word: axe
word: club
word: dart
word: whip
word: nunchaku
word: mace
word: khopesh
word: bow
word: arrow
word: spear
word: sap
word: baton
word: Taser
word: stun gun
word: javelin
word: air gun
word: missile
word: tank
word: cannon
Derived terms: word: academic weapon
word: beweapon
word: nonweapon
word: superweaponry
word: weaponed
word: weaponeer
word: weaponization
word: weaponize
word: weaponless
word: weaponlike
word: weapon oath
word: weapon of mass disruption
word: weaponry
word: weapon-salve
word: weapons-grade
word: weaponsmith
word: weaponsmithing
alt: AWB
word: Assault Weapons Ban
alt: ADW
word: assault with a deadly weapon
alt: NWIP
word: nuclear weapons inheritance project
alt: NWS
word: nuclear weapons state
word: personal defence weapon
word: secret weapon
word: weapon-schaw
word: weapons free
word: weapons hold
word: weapons tight
Related terms: word: :Category:Weapons