spearing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪərɪŋ

Verb

spearing

1. present participle 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.

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