• enPR: jăv'lǐn, IPA: /ˈdʒævlɪn/, /ˈdʒævəlɪn/

javelin (plural javelins)

1. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
   • 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 1, scene 1]:

     Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, / Launched by the vigour of a Roman arm?

2. A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.

• French: javelot
• German: Speer
• Italian: giavellotto
• Portuguese: dardo
• Russian: дро́тик
• Spanish: jabalina

• French: javelot
• German: Speer
• Portuguese: dardo
• Russian: копьё
• Spanish: jabalina

javelin (javelins, present participle javelining; past and past participle javelined)

1. (transitive) To pierce with a javelin.