Spike
WordNet

noun


(1)   Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
"Spikes provide greater traction"
(2)   A long metal nail
(3)   Any holding device consisting of a sharp-pointed object
(4)   A long sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
(5)   A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall
(6)   A transient variation in voltage or current
(7)   A sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
"The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
(8)   (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
(9)   Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

verb


(10)   Manifest a sharp increase
"The voltage spiked"
(11)   Add alcohol to (beverages)
"The punch is spiked!"
(12)   Bring forth a spike or spikes
"My hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"
(13)   Secure with spikes
(14)   Pierce with a sharp stake or point
"Impale a shrimp on a skewer"
(15)   Stand in the way of
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Noun



  1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
  2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
  3. An ear of grain.
  4. A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
  5. (in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
  6. A sharp peak in a graph.
  7. 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.
  8. An adolescent male deer.
  9. a surge in power.
  10. (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.

Verb



  1. To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.
  2. 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.
  3. To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
    He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer’s hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun.Frederick Marryat, "Peter Simple", 1834
  4. To decide not to publish or make public.
    • October 14, 2002, Jonathan Sale, The Guardian, Edward VIII news blackout.
      Instead, the "Beaver" declared he would spike the story about Wallis Simpson and make sure his fellow media moguls sat on it too.
 
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