Definition of WEAPON

weapon

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

Verb Forms: weaponed, weaponing, weapons

  • To equip with weapons; to use something as a weapon.
  • To equip with a weapon; to arm.

Examples

  • Choose your weapon.
  • He decided to weapon his rack with a Q and Z, ready for a high-scoring Words With Friends play.
  • Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.
  • The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.

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”), 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”).

Synonyms

arm, artillery, weapon system, arm#Noun, armament, arse, 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, wee-wee

Scrabble Score: 11

weapon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
weapon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
weapon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

weapon: valid Words With Friends Word