weapon

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weapon

/ˈwɛp.ən/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈwep.ən/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈwiːp.ən/ obsolete

Rhymes with -ɛpən

Where it comes from

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”).

noun weapons

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.
Similar: arm
An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.
humorous, informal A tool of any kind. Choose your weapon.
Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.
Similar: moron, arse
Australia, slang 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.
Similar: legend, champion, unit
rare, slang 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
Similar: danger zone, down there, genital organs, genitalia, genitals, genitors, intimate parts, junk, nethers, no-no spot, pee-pee, private parts

Similar: weapon, arm, armament

verb weapons · weaponing · weaponed

transitive To equip with a weapon; to arm. […] 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, […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: artillery, arm, weapon system, missile, sidearm, pistol, firepower, weaponry, arms, handgun, munition, gun, ammunition, firearm, rifle, armed

noun

Similar: weapon, arm, armament

Translations

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noun instrument of attack or defense in combat

Español	arma
한국어	무기 mugi, 병기 byeonggi
日本語	武器 buki, 兵器 heiki
中文	武器 wǔqì, 兵器 bīngqì, 軍器 /军器 jūnqì
हिन्दी	हथियार hathiyār, शस्त्र śastra, आयुध āyudh
Kiswahili	silaha
Português	arma
Français	arme
Deutsch	Waffe
Italiano	arma
Ελληνικά	όπλο óplo
Română	armă
Русский	ору́жие orúžije
Tiếng Việt	vũ khí, binh khí
العربية	سِلَاح silāḥ, أَسْلِحَة ʔasliḥa
עברית	כְּלִי נֶשֶׁק kli néshek

noun means of harming or exerting control

Español	baza
Kiswahili	vilaha
Ελληνικά	όπλο óplo
Русский	ору́жие orúžije

verb Translations

Русский	вооружа́ть vooružátʹ, вооружи́ть vooružítʹ

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@misc{weapon_2026,
  title = {weapon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weapon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}