Weapon

  • 21weapon —    the erect penis    Of obvious and venerable derivation:     My naked weapon is out. (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet) ... my weapon sheathed itself in her naturally. (F. Harris, 1925) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 22weapon — noun (C) 1 something that you use to fight with, such as a knife, bomb, or gun: The crowd picked up sticks and bottles to use as weapons. | lethal weapon (=one that can kill) 2 a type of behaviour, knowledge of a particular subject etc that you… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23weapon — weap•on [[t]ˈwɛp ən[/t]] n. 1) any instrument or device used for attack or defense in a fight or in combat 2) anything used against an opponent, adversary, or victim: the weapon of satire[/ex] 3) zool. any part or organ serving for attack or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24weapon — Anything used or designed to be used in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy; an instrument of offensive or defensive combat. 56 Am J1st Weap § 2, Something with which to fight. Harris v Cameron, 81 Wis 239, 51 NW 437. See dangerous… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 25weapon — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpen; akin to Old High German wāffan weapon, Old Norse vāpn Date: before 12th century 1. something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy 2. a means of contending… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26weapon — Everyday English Slang in Ireland n it s great i.e. it s a weapon. i.e …

    English dialects glossary

  • 27weapon — [OE] Weapon comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wǣpnam, a source it shares with German waffe, Dutch wapen, Swedish vapen, and Danish vaaben. But of the ancestry of the Germanic form nothing certain is known. 543 weigh …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28weapon — /ˈwɛpən / (say wepuhn) noun 1. any instrument for use in attack or defence in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, cannon, bomb, etc. 2. anything serving as an instrument for making or repelling an attack: the deadly weapon of meekness. 3 …

  • 29weapon — ginkluotė statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Įvairių ginklų rūšių ir jų naudojimo priemonių kompleksas; sudedamoji karo technikos dalis. Ginkluotę sudaro: ↑ginklai, jų leidimo, taikymo, valdymo ir kt. techninės priemonės, kuriomis aprūpinami… …

    Artilerijos terminų žodynas

  • 30weapon — ginklai statusas T sritis apsauga nuo naikinimo priemonių apibrėžtis Prietaisai ir priemonės priešui mūšyje kauti. Ginklus sudaro ↑ naikinimo priemonės ir ↑ ginklo nešimo į taikinį priemonės; sudėtingesnius dar sudaro valdymo ir taikymo… …

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