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spear

Definition

  • noun: a weapon that has a long straight handle and a sharp point
  • noun: a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade
  • verb: to push a spear or other pointed object into (something)
  • verb: to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear
  • synonyms: lance, spire, bourdon

Examples

  • She 'speared' an olive with a toothpick.

  • The hunters used 'spears'.

  • asparagus 'spears'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - You were? - And believe me, it only gets better! Wait till you spill a Nadder's guts the first time! And mount your first Gronckle head on a spear! What a feeling! You really had me going there, son! All those years of the worst Viking Berk has ever seen. Odin, it was rough. (..)
    2010 How to Train Your Dragon