weapon — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.

   Synonyms

   arm

   Broader terms

   toolinstrument

   Examples

   The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.

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   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.

2. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.

   Examples

   Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.

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   “[…] 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.”

   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.

   Usage

   • Humorous
   • Informal

   Examples

   Choose your weapon.

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

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • UK usage
   • Derogatory
   • Slang

   Synonyms

   moronarse

5. A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • Slang

   Synonyms

   legendchampionunit

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   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.

   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.

   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.

   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!"

6. The human genitals.

   Usage

   • Rare
   • Slang

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   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

   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

   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

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   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

Verb

1. To equip with a weapon; to arm.

   Usage

   • Transitive

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   […] the friends of the country and of the equal rights of all men, the friends of enfranchising the black man and of weaponing his hand for defense; the friends of taking the governments of these rebel States out of the hands of their rebel possessors, […]

Noun

1. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

   Synonyms

   armweapon system

   Broader terms

   instrument

   Examples

   he was licensed to carry a weapon

2. a means of persuading or arguing

   Synonyms

   artillery

   Broader terms

   persuasionsuasion

   Examples

   he used all his conversational weapons