spears

Noun

spear (plural spears)

1. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
   • It's not like you killed someone
     It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
     Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why
     He did it all for you2000, “Judith”, performed by A Perfect Circle
2. (historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
   • Now toil'd the Bruce, the battle done ,
     To use his conquest boldly won;
     And gave command for horse and spear
     To press the Southron's scatter'd rear1815, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James...
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.
5. In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
6. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

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