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Noun
/ˈjav(ə)lən/,
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javelins, plural;
  1. A light spear thrown in a competitive sport or as a weapon

  2. The athletic event or sport of throwing the javelin
    • - his nearest rival in the javelin
  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
  3. A javelin is a light spear designed primarily for casting as a ranged weapon. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand unlike the arrow and slingshot which are projectiles shot from a mechanism. However, hurling devices do exist to assist the thrower in achieving greater distance. ...
  4. Southeastern is a British train operating company. It began operations in south-east England on 1 April 2006 as franchisee for the Integrated Kent Franchise (IKF), replacing the publicly-owned operator South Eastern Trains on the former South East Franchise. ...
  5. Javelin is a fictional DC Comics supervillain.
  6. The javelin, javelinfish, or southern whiptail, Caelorinchus australis, is a rattail of the genus Caelorinchus, found around Australia and New Zealand at depths of between 80 and 500 m. Its length is between 25 to 50 cm.
  7. Spaceknights is a name used by at least three distinct groups of characters in the fictional Marvel Universe. The better known group is a core concept of the 1980s comic book Rom Spaceknight, while the other two are far more recent creations and not much is yet known about them.
  8. Javelin is a hip-hop and electro production duo based in Brooklyn, New York City via Providence, RI. Javelin has been known to use colorfully painted boomboxes that hang from the ceiling or stack up on the floor like pyramids. ...
  9. Javelin (Argo D-4) was the designation of an American sounding rocket. The four stage Javelin rocket had a payload of around 125 pounds (57 kg), an apogee of 1100 kilometers, a liftoff thrust of 365 kilonewtons (82,100 lbf), a total mass of 3,385 kilograms (7,463 lb), and a core diameter of 580 ...
  10. To dream of defending yourself with a javelin, your most private affairs will be searched into to establish claims of dishonesty, and you will prove your innocence after much wrangling. If you are pierced by a javelin, enemies will succeed in giving you trouble. ...
  11. (1.) Heb. hanith , a lance, from its flexibility (Sa1 18:10, Sa1 18:11; Sa1 19:9, Sa1 19:10; Sa1 20:33). (2.) Heb. romah , a lance for heavy-armed troops, so called from its piercing (Num 25:7). (See ARMS.)
  12. a field event which requires athletes to throw a long spiked pole as far across a given space as possible.
  13. a man-portable optical anti-tank (AT) MISSILE equipped with a "fire and forget" target-lock guidance system, which supersedes the DRAGON; see LOSAT, TOW, ATGM, CAAT.
  14. throwers gain considerable forward velocity in their run-up to their throws, and as well as strength demonstrate athleticism more similar to running and jumping events.
  15. A spear that was designed to be thrown rather than thrust.
  16. A slender or light spear that could be thrown a long distance, used for hunting and war.
  17. a track and field throwing event where a spear-like javelin is thrown for distance.
  18. (2h)[F], POs away, FOs up, are held together then separate to show the shape of a javelin + [S], PO > NDS, FO up, throws the javelin and opens to a [5].
  19. A spearlike shaft about 8 ^1/2 ft. (2.7 m) long and usually made of wood, used in throwing for distance.
  20. If you dream you are stabbed by a javelin, your unconscious is warning you that something is a threat to your safety.
  21. a light spear designed for throwing.
  22. A spear with a barbed point.