Sekirov Dictionary

javelin

/ˈd͡ʒæv.(ə.)lɪn/

noun 3
verb 3
forms 5

noun3

•
A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
- Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, / Launched by the vigour of a Roman arm? — 1712
•
A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
- I managed to medal in the javelin throw.
A javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis).

verb3

•
To throw like a javelin.
- He will have questions of all sorts javelined at him from the benches on both sides, from above the gangway and from below it. — 1926
•
To fall like a javelin.
- The ants broke loose and attacked. In an attempt to beat them off, Ejeka lost grip of his whip which javelinned earthward. — 1967
•
To pierce with a javelin.
- Furrowing a giant oak, and javelining / With darted spikes and splinters of the wood — 1859

forms

javelined · javelinned · javelining · javelinning · javelins

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