Spear

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.

A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish.

An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.

A running tackle on an opponent performed in professional wrestling.

A long, thin strip from a vegetable.

To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.

To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.