spearing

American

[speer-ing] / ˈspɪər ɪŋ /

noun

Ice Hockey.

an illegal check in which a player jabs an opponent with the end of the stick blade or the top end of the stick, resulting in a penalty.

Etymology

Origin of spearing

1770–80, for literal sense; spear ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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The Michigan native hadn’t heard of sturgeon spearing until he took the job as head of the tourism group 15 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

Michigan and Wisconsin hold sturgeon spearing seasons each winter as well where anglers drill holes through lake ice and impale sturgeon as they swim past.

From Seattle Times

Yes, Neandertal women were spearing woolly rhinoceroses, and Neandertal men were making clothing.

From Scientific American

Gelen makes her hot dogs by first spearing them on a skewer and then using a sharp knife to gently cut around it at a 45-degree angle.

From Salon

He teamed up that year with Ted Quedenfeld, Temple’s head athletic trainer, to collect data about the number of spinal-cord injuries in the United States that had been caused by spearing.

From New York Times

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