Spike
[spaɪk]
Definition
(noun.) sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; 'spikes provide greater traction'.
(noun.) a large stout nail; 'they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie'.
(noun.) any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; 'the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order'.
(noun.) a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal); 'one of the spikes impaled him'.
(noun.) a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur).
(noun.) each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves); 'the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game'; 'golfers' spikes damage the putting greens'.
(noun.) a transient variation in voltage or current.
(noun.) a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; 'the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor'.
(noun.) (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis.
(verb.) manifest a sharp increase; 'the voltage spiked'.
(verb.) add alcohol to (beverages); 'the punch is spiked!'.
(verb.) bring forth a spike or spikes; 'my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now'.
(verb.) secure with spikes.
(verb.) stand in the way of.
Checker: Lorenzo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
(n.) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
(n.) An ear of corn or grain.
(n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
(v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
(v. t.) To set or furnish with spikes.
(v. t.) To fix on a spike.
(v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
(n.) Spike lavender. See Lavender.
Checker: Lola
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ear (of grain), head.[2]. Large nail.
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Definition
n. an ear of corn: (bot.) an inflorescence in which sessile flowers or flowers having very short stalks are arranged around an axis: a small pointed rod: a large nail.—v.t. to set with spikes: to stop the vent of with a cast-iron spike driven in hard and then broken off as by soldiers obliged to abandon their own guns or unable to remove those of the enemy which they have captured.—adjs. Spī′cate Spī′cose Spī′cous having spikes or ears like corn; Spicif′erous bearing spikes: having spurs; Spī′ciform having the form of a spike.—n. Spicos′ity state of being spicous or eared.—adjs. Spic′ūlar resembling a dart: in the shape of or having sharp points; Spic′ūlate covered with or divided into minute points.—n. Spic′ūle (bot.) a little spike—also Spic′ūla: a minute slender granule or point.—adjs. Spic′ulīform; Spicūlig′enous Spicūlif′erous producing spicules; Spic′ūlōse Spic′ūlous having spicules.—ns. Spic′ūlum a spicule; Spike′bill a merganser a sawbill: the marbled godwit.—p.adj. Spiked furnished fastened or stopped with spikes.—ns. Spike′-extract′or an apparatus for drawing out spikes as from railway-ties; Spike′-fish a kind of sail-fish; Spike′-grass one of several American grasses with conspicuous spikelets of flowers; Spike′let a little spike; Spike′-nail a spike; Spike′-oil the oil of spike a species of lavender; Spike′-plank a platform before the mizzen-mast of a vessel used in Arctic voyages.—adj. Spī′ky furnished with spikes: having a sharp point.
Checker: Mitchell
Examples
- The earth round the spike had been left on the table, and a second sample was loosened and fell in the bedroom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I wish I could make a dash, and spike that gun, said Maurice, as the Melnosians cheered loudly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This was done by making a loop in the wire and putting it over the spike and raising the pole to a perpendicular position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It rose from the semiglobular mound like a spike from a helmet. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Each of the climbers is carrying an alpenstock, or staff with ice ax at one end and spike at the other. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Wagons were also loaded with light poles supplied with an iron spike at each end to hold the wires up. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- All right now, sir, said the sailor, saluting; got the spikes out. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The spikes had never looked so sharp and cruel, nor the bars so heavy, nor the prison space so gloomy and contracted. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The turnkey laughed, and gave us good day, and stood laughing at us over the spikes of the wicket when we descended the steps into the street. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Formerly, the opening machines were simply cylinders armed with spikes, to which the cotton was led through nipping rollers, and then delivered in a loose, fluffy condition. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Everything was gone, walled in, with spikes on top of the walls, and one must ignominiously creep between the spiky walls through a labyrinth of life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These iron plates were usually cast in lengths of six feet, and they were secured to transverse wooden sleepers by spikes and oaken pegs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He returned carrying his jumping-shoes, which are provided, as you are aware, with several sharp spikes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- If well spiked there will be no danger from spreading at the corners. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- We returned with 175 prisoners and two guns, and spiked four other pieces. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On our going into the entry and ringing a bell, a very hideous boy came out of a sort of office and looked at us over a spiked wicket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Round about, spiked, slashed snow-peaks pricked the heaven. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It's a pity we didn't, sir; but it ain't much good to them, for I've spiked it proper. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They were spiked down on ordinary sleepers laid upon the natural grade, and the gauge was about three feet six inches. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The poor canon of the cathedral of Paris was spiked again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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