hakapik

[ hah-kuh-pik ]

noun

1. an implement used in seal hunting, consisting of an iron or steel hook, sometimes with a hammer opposite, mounted on a long wooden pole.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hakapik¹

1975–80; < Norwegian hakepigg, equivalent to hake hook ( hake, hook ¹ ) + pigg spike (akin to pike ¹ )

Example Sentences

There’s not a lot of poetry in killing seals – not in the rifle shot, nor in the swing of the infamous sealer’s club, the hakapik, not in the blood on the ice.

From The Guardian

After the seals have been shot, dedicated "jumpers" use the hakapik hunting tool - a heavy wooden club with a hammer head and a hook.

From BBC

Hunts are regulated to ensure that seals are killed quickly using a high-powered rifle, a club, or a hunting tool called a hakapik, which is a wooden staff with a hook at the end.

From The Guardian

The seals are usually shot or bludgeoned over the head with a spiked club called a hakapik.

From Reuters

The pups are either shot from boats, or clubbed with a wooden bat or an iron-tipped pole called a hakapik.

From Nature