Definitions for spearhead

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spearhead spear·head

Spelling: [speer-hed]

IPA: /ˈspɪərˌhɛd/

Spearhead is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 410 anagrams from letters in spearhead (aadeehprs).

Definitions for spearhead

noun

1. the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
2. any person, contingent, or force that leads an attack, undertaking, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to act as a spearhead for:

Origin of spearhead

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at spear¹, head

Examples for spearhead

Putin appears to be using elite commandos—Spetsnaz—to spearhead his stealth move into Crimea and, perhaps, beyond.

I'm about to defend Stuart Stevens, the spearhead of Mitt Romney's disastrous campaign, so please bear with me.

While Chipper worked at a spearhead, the other men were moving about.

The Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival boasts performances by Mumford Sons, Michael Franti, and spearhead.

Fig. 201 represents a spearhead of iron from Brandenburg, North Germany.

Here the soil was firm, and the spearhead had to be forced home.

And every movement of the bison had driven the spearhead deeper.

She did not spearhead initiatives to help mothers rejoin the world of work.

Price runs his own MRM on-line magazine, The spearhead, which both compliments and competes with AV4M.

At length the spearhead was ready for the finishing touches.