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Spearing

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The stabbing of something with a spear.

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

  2. 2
    An Atlantic silverside, a fish of species Menidia menidia.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of spear form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Patronymic from Spear.

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