weapon
Meanings
Plural: weapons
Noun
- any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
- "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
- a means of persuading or arguing
- "he used all his conversational weapons"
- An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
- An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
- A tool of any kind.
- An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.
- A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.
- The human genitals.
Verb
- To equip with a weapon; to arm.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
arm, armament, arse, artillery, champion, danger zone, down there, genital organs, genitalia, genitals, genitors, intimate parts, junk, legend, moron, nethers, no-no spot, pee-pee, private parts, privates, pudenda, reproductive organs, sex organs, sweet spot, undercarriage, underparts, unit, weapon, weapon system, wee-wee
Scrabble Score: 11
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