- a light spear, usually thrown by hand.
- Track.
- a spearlike shaft about 8½ feet (2.7 meters) long and usually made of wood, used in throwing for distance.
- a competitive field event in which the javelin is thrown for distance.
- to strike or pierce with or as if with a javelin.
- a long pointed spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
- the event or sport of throwing the javelin
