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🎯 A betting game 🛢️ A sticky tar 🛢️ To coat with tar 🏹 A pointed arrow
teer

teer

9.9
A pointed weapon shot from a bow
  • noun
  • Indian
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  • The archer carefully placed the teer on the bowstring before taking aim.

Examples

  • In traditional festivals, skilled participants compete by shooting the teer at distant targets.

  • He collected each teer after the archery practice was finished.

  • He shot a teer at the target.

  • The archer aimed carefully to hit the teer.

  • In traditional festivals, skilled participants compete by shooting the teer at distant targets.

  • The archer carefully placed the teer on the bowstring before taking aim.

  • He collected each teer after the archery practice was finished.

Synonyms

saeta
vsteer
  • Archaic
9.9

A small pointed weapon shot from a bow

is a regional pointed weapon from South Asia rather than an archaic term
butt shaft
vsteer
  • Specialized
9.9

An arrow with a blunt tip used for safe target practice

is a pointed weapon meant for combat rather than blunt practice use

How Long

pike
  • Archaic
8 9.3
spear
194 1.2
teer
  • Indian
9.9
arrow
196 1.0
dart
140 1.1

Surface Forms

teer singular
teers plural

Etymology

Teer (the dark sticky substance) is a dialect form of the English word tar, which means a 'sticky black material' used to seal and waterproof things, so teer refers to the same protective substance.