Synonyms of spearing

spearing

verb

present participle of spear

as in stabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbing
• puncturing
• jabbing
• piercing
• picking
• sticking
• impaling
• pecking
• spitting
• harpooning
• poking
• slicing
• skewering
• spiking
• lancing
• goring
• punching
• transfixing
• running through
• pinking
• transpiercing
• perforating
• thrusting
• bayoneting
• riddling
• cutting
• spindling
• knifing
• pricking
• piking
• quilling
• dirking
• pronging
• gimleting
• poniarding
• pinpricking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spearing

When staking dahlias in late summer, take care to avoid spearing the tubers. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026

There are frightening stories of swordfish charging boats, and even spearing their transoms and whacking propellers. — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

His ideas are later used to discourage violently spearing food with a knife, and instead promote the pacifist chopstick. — New York Times, 17 July 2026

Roupp helped his own cause by making a nifty play to turn two in the sixth, spearing a comebacker behind his back before firing to shortstop Willy Adames to kick-start a 1-6-3 double play. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Jafaar al-Samra had just sold an octopus, minutes after spearing it while snorkeling. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026

As settlers moved into the area and took tribal lands near the river for farming, the Bindjareb resorted to taking the settlers’ crops and spearing their cattle for food. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026

Traditional Japanese yakitori calls for spearing chicken seasoned with salt or a soy basting sauce onto bamboo skewers and grilling them over charcoal. — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 22 Jan. 2026

Breakker went on to complete the match by spearing and pinning CM Punk. — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025