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What (who) is spike - definition
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Spiky; Spike (disambiguation); Spike (album); Spiking; Spikes; Spike (film); SPIKE; Spike (given name); Spike (fictional character); Spike (comic); Spike (comic book); Spike (comics); Spike (comics) (disambiguation); Spikes (disambiguation)
spike
(spikes)
1.
A spike is a long piece of metal with a sharp point.
...a 15-foot wall topped with iron spikes...
Yellowing receipts had been impaled on a metal spike.
N-COUNT
2.
Any long pointed object can be referred to as a spike.
Her hair stood out in spikes.
...a long spike of white flowers.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
3.
If there is a spike in the price, volume, or amount of something, the price, volume, or amount of it suddenly increases.
Although you'd think business would have boomed during the war, there was only a small spike in interest.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
4.
Spikes are a pair of sports shoes with pointed pieces of metal attached to the soles. They help runners' feet to grip the ground when they are running.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of n
5.
see also spiked
spike
n.
1.
Ear (of grain), head.
2.
Large nail or pin.
spike
spike1
¦ noun
1. a thin pointed piece of metal or another rigid material.
a large stout nail, especially one used to fasten a rail to a railway sleeper.
each of several metal points set into the sole of a sports shoe to prevent slipping.
(spikes) a pair of sports shoes with spikes.
chiefly Brit. a pointed metal rod standing on a base and used for filing bills or journalistic material rejected for publication.
2. a sharp increase in magnitude or intensity.
Electronics a pulse of very short duration.
3. Brit. informal the casual ward of a hostel offering temporary accommodation for the homeless.
¦ verb
1. impale on or pierce with a spike.
historical render (a gun) useless by plugging up the vent with a spike.
2. form into or cover with sharp points.
3. (of a newspaper editor) reject (a story) by or as if by filing it on a spike.
thwart.
4. informal lace (drink or food) with alcohol or a drug surreptitiously.
Physics & Chemistry enrich with a particular isotope.
5. increase and then decrease sharply.
6. (in volleyball) hit (the ball) forcefully from a position near the net so that it moves downward into the opposite court.
American Football fling (the ball) forcefully to the ground, typically in celebration of a touchdown or victory.
Phrases
spike someone's guns Brit. thwart someone's plans.
Origin
ME: perh. from Mid. Low Ger., MDu. spiker, related to spoke1.
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spike2
¦ noun Botany a flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.
Origin
ME (denoting an ear of corn): from L. spica (see spica).
Examples of use of spike
1. It‘s Spike – as in Spike Lee of Malcolm X fame – versus Condi.
2. In 2003, it signed a contract to provide Spike anti–tank missiles, part of the Spike family of missiles.
3. "Spike was somewhat in awe of Joan, but Bill refused to make eye contact with Spike on stage, so that he could not be distracted.
4. "It is a very large spike, almost a vertical spike at sunset. ... I was more than impressed with it," he said.
5. Spike died in 2002 aged 83 "Then came the night when Spike brought a gun to the theatre, saying he was going to kill Bill.