spear

  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 sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
  3. Noun.  (ice hockey) an illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
  4. Noun.  (wrestling) a running tackle on an opponent performed in professional wrestling.
  5. Verb.  To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.

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