Main Entry:

²spear

Function:

verb

Date:

15th century

transitive verb

1 : to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear <spear salmon> <speared a chop from the platter> 2 : to catch (as a baseball) with a sudden thrust of the arm intransitive verb : to thrust at or wound something with or as if with a spear

— spear·er noun