Javelin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒæv.(ə.)lɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Javelin is a noun meaning A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
Meaning
A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
More Meanings
- A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
- A javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis).
- (transitive) To pierce with a javelin.
- (transitive) To throw like a javelin.
- (intransitive) To fall like a javelin.
Example Sentences
I managed to medal in the javelin throw.
Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, / Launched by the vigour of a Roman arm?
Furrowing a giant oak, and javelining / With darted spikes and splinters of the wood
With what apprehensions we proceeded, ignorant at what moment we might be greeted by the javelin of some ambushed savage!
Word Forms
- javelins
- javelining
- javelinning
- javelined
- javelinned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spear, throwing, throwers, shaft, pilum, gavelock.
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