speer
verb (used with or without object)
to ask; inquire.
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speer
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[speer]
/ spɪər /
Or
speir,
verb (used with or without object)
Speer
2
American
[speer, shpeyr ]
/ spɪər, ʃpeɪr /
noun
Etymology
Origin of speer
before 900; Middle English speren, spiren, Old English spyrian to make tracks, trace, ask about; cognate with German spüren, Old Norse spyrja to ask; akin to spoor
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I had seen them speer at the fellow, and put out their twa fingers when they saw him, to guard against the evil eye.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
An’ a’ the time we could no speer a thing.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
So you is here yet in dis supernumerary speer.
From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
"Rise, Archy, man, and speer at them what they're seekin at this untimous hour."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
Now, we must perforce rest, panting, for a few moments, ere we again crawl up the ascent and "speer" over the ridge.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
In 1977, he published Fighter - a non-fictional account of the Battle of Britain, which Hitler's former armaments minister, Albert Speer, described as "excellent".
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Speer was given a 20-year prison sentence while Fritz Sauckel, Hitler’s general plenipotentiary for labor mobilization, was hanged for almost exactly the same crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
“He was so fantastically cooperative,” he said of Speer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
The leader was a company created by media executive Bud Paxson and lawyer and entrepreneur Roy Speer.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
Ellis Speer was saying, “How far are we from Pennsylvania, Colonel, you have any idea?”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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