pintail vs spear

pintail

noun
  • A pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura. 

  • A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail. 

  • Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Acisoma, endemic to Africa and Asia. 

  • A surfboard with a pointed back end. 

  • The end of a fastening pin or mandrel on a Huckbolt or pop rivet that is broken off when installation is complete. 

  • A northern pintail, Anas acuta, a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail. 

spear

noun
  • The feather of a horse. 

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

  • The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. 

  • A long, thin strip from a vegetable. 

  • The sprout of a plant, stalk 

  • In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection. 

  • A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 

  • A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish. 

  • 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. 

adj
  • Pertaining to male family members. 

  • Male. 

verb
  • 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 pierce with a spear. 

  • To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet. 

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

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