spear

Definitions

• A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
• (now) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
• A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
• (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
• (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
• A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
• The feather of a horse.
• The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
• A long, thin strip from a vegetable.