spear

About 3.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
2. noun A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
3. noun A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
4. noun An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
5. noun In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
6. noun A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
7. noun The feather of a horse.
8. noun The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

Similar words

lance shaft gig fizgig fishgig spear up javelin spearhead assagai trident

Often followed by

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Word family

speared spearer spearers spearing spears