'Spike' definitions:
Definition of 'spike'
From: WordNet
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"
noun
noun
(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"
noun
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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterate,
- ament,
- annul,
- auger,
- auricle,
- baffle,
- balk,
- bastardize,
- bayonet,
- bite,
- blast,
- block,
- bore,
- bramble,
- brave,
- brier,
- bristle,
- broach,
- bugger,
- bung,
- burr,
- cactus,
- cancel,
- capitulum,
- catchweed,
- catkin,
- challenge,
- check,
- check valve,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- cleavers,
- cob,
- cock,
- cone,
- confound,
- confront,
- contaminate,
- contravene,
- cork,
- corncob,
- corrupt,
- corymb,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- countersink,
- counterwork,
- cripple,
- cross,
- cut,
- cyme,
- dagger,
- dash,
- de-energize,
- debase,
- debilitate,
- defeat,
- defy,
- denaturalize,
- denature,
- destroy,
- dilute,
- dirk,
- disable,
- disarm,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- disenable,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- doctor,
- doctor up,
- drain,
- drill,
- drug,
- ear,
- ear of corn,
- elude,
- empierce,
- enfeeble,
- equipage,
- faucet,
- fix,
- flummox,
- foil,
- fortify,
- four-in-hand,
- frustrate,
- goose grass,
- gore,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- hamstring,
- head,
- hole,
- honeycomb,
- hors de combat,
- impale,
- inactivate,
- incapacitate,
- kibosh,
- knife,
- knock the chocks,
- lace,
- lame,
- lance,
- lid,
- maim,
- mealie,
- nail,
- needle,
- nettle,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- pair,
- panicle,
- peg,
- penetrate,
- perforate,
- perplex,
- picket,
- pierce,
- pike,
- pin,
- pine cone,
- pine needle,
- pink,
- plug,
- plunge in,
- poison,
- pollute,
- poniard,
- prick,
- prickle,
- prong,
- punch,
- puncture,
- put,
- queer,
- queer the works,
- quill,
- raceme,
- randem,
- ream,
- ream out,
- riddle,
- rig,
- ruin,
- run through,
- saber,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- sea cock,
- skewer,
- spadix,
- span,
- spear,
- spicule,
- spiculum,
- spigot,
- spike team,
- spikelet,
- spile,
- spill,
- spine,
- spit,
- spoil,
- stab,
- stake,
- stick,
- sticker,
- stiletto,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stopgap,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- strengthen,
- strobile,
- stump,
- sword,
- tamper with,
- tandem,
- tap,
- team,
- thistle,
- thorn,
- three-up,
- thwart,
- thyrse,
- transfix,
- transpierce,
- treenail,
- trepan,
- trephine,
- turnout,
- umbel,
- unfit,
- unicorn,
- upset,
- valve,
- verticillaster,
- void,
- water,
- water down,
- weaken,
- wing,
- wreck,
- yucca
Words containing 'Spike'
- Spiked,
- Spiking,
- spike out,
- Marline spike,
- Marling spike,
- Oil of spike,
- Spike grass,
- Spike lavender,
- Spike rush,
- Spike shell,
- Spike team,
- marlin spike,
- spike arrester,
- spike heath,
- spike heel,
- spike lee,
- spike mike,
- spike moss,
- spike oil,
- spike suppressor,
- spiked loosestrife,
- creeping spike rush,
- needle spike rush,
- slender spike rush,
- spike lavender oil,
- spike-tail,
- texas purple spike,
- Marline-spike bird,
- Spiked willow-herb