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javelin
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javelin
(noun)
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javelin
/
ˈ
ʤævələn/
noun
plural
javelins
javelin
/
ˈ
ʤævələn/
noun
plural
javelins
Learner's definition of JAVELIN
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:
a long spear that people throw as far as they can as a sport
2
the javelin
:
an event in which people compete by trying to throw a javelin farther than everyone else
winner of
the javelin
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