spearing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ

Etymology 1

Verb

spearing

1. present participle and gerund of spear

Noun

spearing (plural spearings)

1. The stabbing of something with a spear.
   • 2011, Cynthia J. Moss, Harvey Croze, Phyllis C. Lee, The Amboseli Elephants: A Long-Term Perspective on a Long-Lived Mammal, page 297:

     These spearings were not related to livestock killed but to young boys trying to prove their bravery.

Etymology 2

Noun

spearing (plural spearing)

1. An Atlantic silverside.

Anagrams

• Pinegars, preasing, reapings