Plucked out of the air

• Used a harpoon
• Attacked, à la Ahab
• Like some fish and olives
• Put on a skewer
• Secured, as an hors d'oeuvre
• Like an onion in a Gibson
• Caught with a fork
• Picked up at a cocktail party?

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vb. (en-past of: spear)