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Spears

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

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📖 Definitions of "Spears"

noun

1
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
2
A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
3
A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
4
An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.

verb

1
To pierce with a spear.
2
(by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
3
To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spears"

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Word	Definition
lancenoun	A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
shaftnoun	The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
gignoun	Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
fizgignoun	(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.
fishgignoun	(fishing) Alternative spelling of fizgig. [(archaic) A flirtatious, coquettish girl, inclined to gad or gallivant about; a gig, a giglot, a jillflirt.]
spear upverb	thrust up like a spear
clarksonnoun	A surname originating as an occupation or as a patronymic for a son of a scribe or priest.
spikesnoun	A pair of athletic shoes equipped with spikes on the sole and heel for better traction.
spadesnoun	(card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
spursnoun	(soccer) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
harpoonsnoun	A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
haulsnoun	An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.
lancesnoun	A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
nozzlesnoun	A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
pikesnoun	Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
javelinsnoun	A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
dartsnoun	(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land.
shaftsnoun	The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
spontoonsnoun	A pointed weapon similar to a pike.
bayonetsnoun	(military) A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.