Synonyms of harpooning

harpooning

verb

present participle of harpoon

as in stabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

she deftly harpooned a shrimp with her skewer and held it over the fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbing
• puncturing
• piercing
• jabbing
• picking
• sticking
• spearing
• spitting
• pecking
• impaling
• skewering
• goring
• poking
• lancing
• transfixing
• spiking
• punching
• slicing
• running through
• pinking
• transpiercing
• perforating
• spindling
• thrusting
• riddling
• bayoneting
• knifing
• cutting
• pricking
• bayonetting
• pronging
• piking
• quilling
• gimleting
• pinpricking
• dirking
• poniarding