javelin
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.
to strike or pierce with or as if with a javelin.
Origin of javelin
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How to use javelin in a sentence
The most famous of these skirmish infantry arguably related to the elite light crack troops of Agrianians, who numbered around 1,000 and carried both short and long javelins.
The Mighty Ancient Macedonian Army of Alexander the Great | Dattatreya Mandal | August 4, 2022 | Realm of HistorySome have even hypothesized how these hoplites at the rear may have held their shields at a particular angle so as to deflect the arrows or javelins thrown by the foe.
Hoplite: The Remarkable Citizen-Soldier of Ancient Greece | Dattatreya Mandal | August 2, 2022 | Realm of HistoryHe grabbed the javelin and threw it back — farther than it had been thrown in the first place.
Vince Promuto, Pro Bowl football player for Washington in 1960s, dies at 82 | Matt Schudel | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostOften in trouble at school, he was assigned to do maintenance at the baseball field one day when an errant javelin from track practice landed nearby.
Vince Promuto, Pro Bowl football player for Washington in 1960s, dies at 82 | Matt Schudel | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostWhich means however far you threw that javelin, it wasn’t far enough to get you all past her ex.
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.
How to Commit a $200 Million Scam: Inside the Year’s Most Shocking Credit Card Fraud | Daniel Gross | February 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWithout the javelin in his hand he walked through the entire delivery for us in slow motion, describing it as he did so.
Philip Roth’s Departure from Writing is Well Deserved | Bernard Avishai | November 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJeremy Hunt has introduced a new sport to the Games, to go with the discus, shot put, javelin.
20 Reasons to Feel Good About the 2012 Olympics in London | The Telegraph | July 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMurder 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 World is Born | Leigh Douglass BrackettA stone is slung and a javelin cast, though both fall short.
The Land of Fire | Mayne ReidNinyas hesitated; and once more his hand stole towards the javelin by the wall.
Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
British Dictionary definitions for javelin
/ (ˈdʒævlɪn) /
a long pointed spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
the javelin the event or sport of throwing the javelin
Origin of javelin
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