weapon | |
1. n. 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. n. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. | |
Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs. | |
3. n. (informal, humorous) A tool of any kind. | |
Choose your weapon. | |
4. n. (Scotland, Britain, slang) An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person. | |