Spike
Meaning of Spike
noun
- a thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.
- a sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of something.
the oil price spike
- a hostel ward offering temporary accommodation for the homeless.
he queued at the soup kitchen or the spike
- impale on or pierce with a sharp point.
she spiked another oyster
- form into or cover with sharp points.
his hair was matted and spiked with blood
- add alcohol or a drug to contaminate (drink or food) surreptitiously.
she bought me an orange juice and spiked it with vodka
- (in volleyball) hit (the ball) forcefully from a position near the net so that it moves downward into the opposite court.
Middle English: perhaps from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch spiker, related to spoke1. The verb dates from the early 17th century.
noun
a flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.
late Middle English (denoting an ear of corn): from Latin spica (see spica).
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Hyphenation of Spike
Spike
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Spike is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Spike synonyms
Meaning ear:
Meaning transfix:
Meaning lace:
Meaning each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork:
Meaning a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult:
Meaning the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object:
Meaning a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking:
Meaning a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc:
Meaning saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth:
Meaning an estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends:
Meaning a prong or sharp point, such as that on a fork or antler:
Meaning a small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven into wood to join things together or to serve as a hook:
Meaning a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc:
Meaning a short pointed growth or process on a part of the body:
Meaning a peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope:
Meaning a square wooden or iron bar which takes the weight of a topmast stepped to a lower mast by being passed through holes in both masts:
Meaning a male fallow deer in its second year, having straight, unbranched horns:
Meaning a stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant:
Meaning any hard, pointed defensive projection or structure, such as a prickle of a hedgehog, a spike-like projection on a sea urchin, a sharp ray in a fish's fin, or a spike on the stem of a plant:
Meaning a short pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn:
Meaning a short, stiff hair on an animal's skin or a man's face:
Meaning a minute sharp-pointed object or structure that is typically present in large numbers, such as a fine particle of ice:
Meaning pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object:
Meaning (of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something):
Meaning go into or through (something), especially with force or effort:
Meaning pierce and make a hole or holes in:
Meaning thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill:
Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:
Meaning pierce through (someone or something):
Meaning render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance:
Meaning make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance:
Meaning administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility:
Meaning treat (food or drink) with drugs:
Meaning alter the content of (food or drink) by adding strong or harmful ingredients:
Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:
Anagrams of Spike
Words that rhyme with Spike
Pike, pike, pitchpike, demipike, Hallpike, rampike, disturnpike, ranpike, shunpike, turnpike, garpike, handspike, marlinespike, marlingspike, marlinspike, muspike, polyspike, spike, unspike
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