JAVELIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does javelin mean? 

• JAVELIN (noun)
  The noun JAVELIN has 2 senses:

1. an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible

2. a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events

  Familiarity information: JAVELIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAVELIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("javelin" is a kind of...):

field event (a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("javelin" is a kind of...):

lance; shaft; spear (a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon)

sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)

 Context examples 

In the open plain clouds of light horse galloped and swooped with swaying bodies and waving javelins, after the fashion which the Spanish had adopted from their Moorish enemies.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)