'Spike' definitions:

Definition of 'spike'

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noun
A transient variation in voltage or current
noun
Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction"
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Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn [syn: ear, spike, capitulum]
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(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
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A sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; "the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
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A very high narrow heel on women's shoes [syn: spike heel, spike, stiletto heel]
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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"
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A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
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A long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal); "one of the spikes impaled him"
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Any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order" [syn: spike, spindle]
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A large stout nail; "they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie"
verb
Stand in the way of
verb
Pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike]
verb
Secure with spikes
verb
Bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now" [syn: spike, spike out]
verb
Add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn: spike, lace, fortify]
verb
Manifest a sharp increase; "the voltage spiked"

Definition of 'Spike'

From: GCIDE
  • Spike \Spike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiking.]
  • 1. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To set or furnish with spikes. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To fix on a spike. [R.] --Young. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spike'

From: GCIDE
  • Spike \Spike\, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[imac]k; all perhaps from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. Spine.]
  • 1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape. [1913 Webster]
  • He wears on his head the corona radiata . . .; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. An ear of corn or grain. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Bot.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. [1913 Webster]
  • Spike grass (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata, and Uniola latifolia) having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.
  • Spike rush. (Bot.) See under Rush.
  • Spike shell (Zool.), any pteropod of the genus Styliola having a slender conical shell.
  • Spike team, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen, harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spike'

From: GCIDE
  • Spike \Spike\, n. [Cf. G. spieke, L. spica an ear of grain. See Spikenard.] (Bot.) Spike lavender. See Lavender. [1913 Webster]
  • Oil of spike (Chem.), a colorless or yellowish aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or aspic (Lavendula Spica), used in artist's varnish and in veterinary medicine. It is often adulterated with oil of turpentine, which it much resembles. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'spike'

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