noun

A slender, iron-tipped, hardwood spear used chiefly by southern African peoples.

Inside the village, park visitors could divide their attention, and their spare change, between a fortune-telling ‘bone thrower’ and a neutered ‘warrior,’ harmlessly gyrating with his assegai and shield.

verb

Wound or kill with an assegai.

he was a very brave man but he was eventually assegaied