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Spike   /spaɪk/   Listen
Spike

noun
1.
A transient variation in voltage or current.
2.
Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes.
3.
Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn.  Synonyms: capitulum, ear.
4.
(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis.
5.
A sharp rise followed by a sharp decline.
6.
A very high narrow heel on women's shoes.  Synonyms: spike heel, stiletto heel.
7.
Each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves).  "Golfers' spikes damage the putting greens"
8.
A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur).
9.
A long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal).
10.
Any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object.  Synonym: spindle.
11.
A large stout nail.
verb
(past & past part. spiked; pres. part. spiking)
1.
Stand in the way of.
2.
Pierce with a sharp stake or point.  Synonyms: empale, impale, transfix.
3.
Secure with spikes.
4.
Bring forth a spike or spikes.  Synonym: spike out.
5.
Add alcohol to (beverages).  Synonyms: fortify, lace.
6.
Manifest a sharp increase.



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"Spike" Quotes from Famous Books



... convince Caroline that she is mistaken and that you are indifferent to Madame de Fischtaminel, would cost you dear. This is a blunder that no sensible man commits; he would lose his power and spike his ...
— Petty Troubles of Married Life, Part First • Honore de Balzac
... on the long spike which held the horseshoe over the door a pail of water so delicately hung that whoever first entered there must receive its contents in one fell unmitigated deluge upon ...
— Vesty of the Basins • Sarah P. McLean Greene
... Jensen referred to were in a pasture, tethered to an iron spike driven in the ground, with a rope giving them a range of ...
— A Danish Parsonage • John Fulford Vicary
... weighing about 90 pound was brought alongside the Ship for Sale, but those who brought it would not part with it for anything we could offer them but a Carpenter's broad axe, and this was what we could not part with; they carried it away. Thus we see those very People who but 2 years ago prefer'd a spike Nail to an Axe of any Sort, have so far learnt the use of them that they will not part with a Pig of 10 or 12 pounds weight for anything under a Hatchet, and even those of an inferior or small sort are of no great esteem with them, and small Nails such as 10 penny, ...
— Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World • James Cook
... a step closer to the track boss and her voice hardened. "If these spikes were forced out by the impact of the engine, we ought to find torn spike holes inclining toward the end of the ...
— The Sleuth of St. James's Square • Melville Davisson Post


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