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weapon

noun
/ˈwɛp.ən/

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. Cognates Cognate with Scots weepon (“weapon”), North Frisian woopen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Alemannic German Waaffe (“tool”), Dutch wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vákn, vápn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn, “weapon”).

  1. derived from *wēbnom✻
  2. inherited from *wēpną✻
  3. inherited from *wāpn✻
  4. inherited from wǣpn
  5. inherited from wepen

Definitions

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

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

    • Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.
    • “[…] 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.

    • Choose your weapon.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool

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

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

      • 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.

    3. The human genitals.

      • 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

    4. To equip with a weapon

      To equip with a weapon; to arm.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at weapon. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at weapon. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at weapon

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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