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

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

Mikel Arteta reflected on how his group lived the period between points inexplicably frittered away at Wolves and confidently spearing the heart of their rivals four days later. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 23 Feb. 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

That album cut, originally featured on OK Computer, became a hit seemingly out of nowhere earlier this year after spearing like wildfire on TikTok. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025