different between weapon vs sidearm

English

Etymology

From Middle English wepen, from Old English w?pn, from Proto-Germanic *w?pn? (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *w?bnom. 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”), Swedish vapen (“weapon”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?.p?n/
• Rhymes: -?p?n
• Hyphenation: weap?on

Noun

weapon (plural weapons)

1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords; arm.
2. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.

   • “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons?! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
3. (informal, humorous) A tool of any kind.

   Choose your weapon.

4. (Scotland, Britain, slang, derogatory) An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.

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• See also Thesaurus:weapon

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Verb

weapon (third-person singular simple present weapons, present participle weaponing, simple past and past participle weaponed)

1. (transitive) To equip with a weapon; to arm.
   • 1868, Henry Wilson, History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68 (page 425)

     […] 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, […]

See also

weapon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

side +? arm

Noun

sidearm (plural sidearms)

1. A personal weapon, such as a handgun or sword, carried on the hip in a belt, sheath, holster, etc for rapid access.

Verb

sidearm (third-person singular simple present sidearms, present participle sidearming, simple past and past participle sidearmed)

1. To throw a ball with one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.

Derived terms

• sidearmer

Adverb

sidearm (comparative more sidearm, superlative most sidearm)

1. With one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.

Further reading

• Sidearm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Demaris, admires, damsire, mardies, misread