is harpooning

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of harpoon (3rd person singular).
  harpoon

  noun

  a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.

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