/spɪɹ/
noun
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.A shoot, as of grass; a spire.The feather of a horse.The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.A long, thin strip from a vegetable.verb
To pierce with a spear.(by extension) 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.To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.adjective
Male.Pertaining to male family members.