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javelin Definition

jav·elin (jav′lin, jav′ə lin)

noun

  1. a light spear for throwing
  2. in full javelin throw
    1. a pointed wooden or metal shaft, about 8 ft long, thrown for distance as a test of strength and skill
    2. the throwing of the javelin as a field event in track and field meets

Etymology: MFr javeline, fem. dim. < javelot, a spear, prob. < Gaul *gabalaccos < IE base *ghabh(o)lo-, forked branch, fork > OE gafol, Ger gabel

javelin Synonyms

javelin

n.

lance, shaft, harpoon; see spear.

javelin Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hurl: First of all, the charioteers drive all over the field hurling javelins.
  • throw: For example ' Who has thrown the javelin the furthest during the Olympics?
  • win: He also won the javelin with a useful 34.09 meters throw.
  • take: She had A second a string win when she took the javelin with a lifetime best throw of 17m 41.
  • cast: And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

Adjective modifier

  • new: Diagrams and words show why - in terms of moments and center of mass - the new javelin doesn't travel so far.
  • heavy: The Roman legions with their heavy infantry armed with pilum, the heavy javelin.

Modifies a noun

  • thrower: Javelin thrower Brett Byrd, one of Tamworth's top field athletes, will combine training at the track with indoor winter training.
  • throwing: Included in the Olympian events were: Javelin paper dart throwing.
  • B: He also took second place in the javelin B competition.
  • competition: He also took second place in the javelin B competition.
  • title: Dean Oakes Dean Oakes has built on previous success by claiming the National All-Ireland javelin title in the Under 15 category back in July.
  • event: Foster and Sykes were then pipped for better points in respective A and B javelin events, placing fourth and sixth.

Noun used with modifier

  • boy: Lindsay, AAA champion at U15 level last year locked horns with the 1999 ESAA junior boys javelin champion Andy Robinson.
  • spam: Give it half an hour and you should be ready to deploy the old spam javelin.
  • foam: Throwing technique for the rounders ball and foam javelins.

Possessives

  • woman: She travels to Athens as the only British competitor in the women's javelin on Wednesday 25 August.
  • man: Men's javelin: can Steve Backley finally win gold?
  • boy: Thomas McDermott claimed the final medal winning silver in the u17 boy's javelin.

Preposition: with

  • meter: Hercules Wimbledon's top javelin thrower Bekele Tola gained a double success taking the javelin with 58.69 meters and shot with 10.89 meters.
javelin Quotes

No horse's cry was that, most like the roar Of some pained desert lion, who all day Hath trailed the hunter's javelin in his side, And comes at night to die upon the sand.

—Arnold, Matthew