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Definition of Spike

1. Noun. A transient variation in voltage or current.

2. Verb. Stand in the way of.

3. Noun. Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes. "Spikes provide greater traction"

4. Verb. Pierce with a sharp stake or point. "Impale a shrimp on a skewer"

5. Noun. Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn.

6. Verb. Secure with spikes.

7. Noun. (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis.

8. Verb. Bring forth a spike or spikes. "My hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"

9. Noun. A sharp rise followed by a sharp decline. "The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"

10. Verb. Add alcohol to (beverages). "The punch is spiked!"

11. Noun. A very high narrow heel on women's shoes.

12. Verb. Manifest a sharp increase. "The voltage spiked"

13. Noun. Each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves). "Golfers' spikes damage the putting greens"

14. Noun. A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur).

15. Noun. A long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal). "One of the spikes impaled him"

16. Noun. Any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object. "The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"

17. Noun. A large stout nail. "They used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie"

Definition of Spike

1. n. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

2. v. t. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.

3. n. Spike lavender. See Lavender.

Definition of Spike

1. Proper noun. (non-gloss definition A male nickname.) ¹

2. Noun. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. ¹

3. Noun. Anything resembling such a nail in shape. ¹

4. Noun. An ear of grain. ¹

5. Noun. (context: botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. ¹

6. Noun. (''in plural'' '''spikes'''; ''informal'') Running shoes with spikes in the soles. ¹

7. Noun. A sharp peak in a graph. ¹

8. Noun. (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block. ¹

9. Noun. (context: zoology) An adolescent male deer. ¹

10. Noun. a surge in power. ¹

11. Noun. (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse. ¹

12. Verb. To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances. ¹

13. Verb. To add a small amount of one substance to another. ¹

14. Verb. (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block. ¹

15. Verb. (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole. ¹

16. Verb. (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spike

1. to fasten with a spike (a long, thick nail) [v SPIKED, SPIKING, SPIKES]

Medical Definition of Spike

1. An unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are without stalks. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spike

spiggers spight spighted spightful spighting spights spignel spignels spignet spignets

spigot spigots spigurnel spigurnels spik spike spike and wave complex spike arrester spike heath spike heel

spike lavender spike lavender oil spike mike spike moss spike mosses spike oil spike out spike potential spike rush spike someone's guns

Literary usage of Spike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"A wall of hurdle-work plastered over with mortar. West. Spike-BIT. ... Spike-POLE. A kind of rafter. West. SPIKING. A large nail. North. ..."

2. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"CHAPTER IX THE Spike The old. Spartans had a wiser method ; and went out and ... I have been to the spike, and slept in the spike, and eaten in the spike ..."

3. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"CHAPTER IX THE Spike The old Spartans had a wiser method; ... I have been to the spike, and slept in the spike, and eaten in the spike; also, ..."

4. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"Number of spikelets in the spike of wheat. 2. Number of flowers in each ... Number of grains in the whole spike. 4. Determine the number and arrange weight ..."

5. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"Number of spikelets in the spike of wheat. 2. Number of flowers in each ... Number of grains in the whole spike. 4. Determine the number and arrange weight ..."

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