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javelin
[ jav-lin, jav-uh- ]
noun
- a light spear, usually thrown by hand.
- Track.
- a spearlike shaft about 8½ feet (2.7 meters) long and usually made of wood, used in throwing for distance.
- Also called javelin throw. a competitive field event in which the javelin is thrown for distance.
verb (used with object)
- to strike or pierce with or as if with a javelin.
javelin
/ ˈdʒævlɪn /
noun
- a long pointed spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
- the javelinthe event or sport of throwing the javelin
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Example Sentences
Like his predecessors, his background was as a javelin thrower.
But Javelin Strategy estimates that in 2012, credit-card-fraud losses were approximately $10 billion.
Without the javelin in his hand he walked through the entire delivery for us in slow motion, describing it as he did so.
Jeremy Hunt has introduced a new sport to the Games, to go with the discus, shot put, javelin.
Murder boards work if they prepare you for all the javelin-like questions.
He tells me he has often seen him throw a javelin there, and strike a small mark at a surprising distance.
From the age of five to twenty-four years they are taught to use the bow, to throw the javelin, to ride, and to speak the truth.
Lightning gathered in a vast javelin and flamed down upon them.
A stone is slung and a javelin cast, though both fall short.
Ninyas hesitated; and once more his hand stole towards the javelin by the wall.
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