speartip

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noun

The tip, end, or point of a spear.

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Meanings

nounspeartip (plural speartips)

plural speartips · alternative spear tip · alternative spear-tip

  1. The tip, end, or point of a spear.

    Our eyes caught it at the same moment, right at our feet: a perfect stone speartip.

    1996, David F. Pelly, David F. Pelly
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    The speartip rushed ahead in three rapid thrusts, but Luthien managed to parry and dodge, shifting his hips out of harm's way each time.

    2001, R. A. Salvatore, The Dragon King

    He could not forge the men of the North into a weapon against demonkind without first tempering them as the smith's hammer did the speartip. Women screamed as Jardir's men tempered them in another fashion. Another necessary evil.

    2010, Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear: Book Two of The Demon Cycle

Origin

From spear + tip.

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APA

speartip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speartip

MLA

“speartip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speartip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speartip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speartip.

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