Spearing

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of spear.
  • n. The stabbing of something with a spear.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The action denoted by the verb spear; specifically, in harvesting tobacco, the forcing of a pointed stick through the butts of several cut stalks which are to hang upon it while curing. For other methods see pegging, 6, and splitting.
  • n. A fish, Trachinocephalus myops, the ground-spearing, belonging to the family Synodontidæ, found in tropical parts of the western Atlantic.
  • Word Usage
    "The boat had no sides because they had to get the crocs on board and Ian said that he liked to do what he called the spearing: lassoing the beast around the jaws."
    Verb Form
    speared    speares    spearing    spears   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    impale    spike    transfix    empale    jut    project    jut out    stick out    protrude   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    feather    spire   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lance    spire    bourdon    gaff    pike    leister    trident    harpoon    dart   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lance    sword    dagger    arrow    axe    dart    shield    whip    bow    armor