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Spike spike

Spelling: [spahyk]

IPA: /spaɪk/

Spike is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in Spike (eikps).

Definitions for Spike

noun

1. a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
2. something resembling such a nail; a stiff, sharp-pointed piece or part:
3. a sharp-pointed piece of metal set with the point outward, as on a weapon.
4. an abrupt increase or rise:
5. a rectangular or naillike metal projection on the heel and sole of a shoe for improving traction, as of a baseball player or a runner.
6. spikes, a pair of shoes having such projections.
7. the unbranched antler of a young deer.
8. Botany. a flower stalk.
9. a pointed portion of a continuous curve or graph, usually rising above the adjacent portion:
10. Volleyball. a hard smash, hit close to the net, almost straight down into the opponent's court.
11. Slang. a hypodermic needle.
12. an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
13. Botany. an inflorescence in which the flowers are without a stalk, or apparently so, along an elongated, unbranched axis.

Idioms

1. spike someone's guns. gun1 (def 16).

verb (used with object)

1. to fasten or secure with a spike or spikes.
2. to provide or set with a spike or spikes.
3. to pierce with or impale on a spike.
4. to set or stud with something suggesting spikes.
5. to injure (another player or a competitor) with the spikes of one's shoe, as in baseball.
6. Volleyball. to hit (a ball in the air) with a powerful, overarm motion from a position close to the net so as to cause it to travel almost straight down into the court of the opponents.
7. Football. to slam (the ball) to the ground in the end zone, after scoring a touchdown.
8. to render (a muzzle-loading gun) useless by driving a spike into the touchhole.
9. to make ineffective; frustrate or thwart:
10. Informal. to add alcoholic liquor to (a drink). to add (a chemical, poison, or other substance) to:
11. Journalism Slang. to refuse (a story) by or as if by placing on a spindle.

verb (used without object)

1. to rise or increase sharply (often followed by up):

Origin of Spike

1300-50; Middle English spik(e) (noun) Old Norse spīkr nail; akin to Old Norse spīk, Middle Low German spīker nail

Examples for Spike

On Friday evening, a crowd of Hollywood luminaries gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the spike Lee classic.

Both shows are still on the air (although Cops has since been sold to the spike Network).

But spike neglected no precaution that experience or skill could suggest.

In a famous rant, spike Lee blamed hipsters for the gentrication of his old neighborhood in Brooklyn.

"I have been a very wicked man, I fear," said spike, earnestly.

spike had a conscience that had become hard as iron by means of trade.

“So spike, thank you for helping me impress Michelle, and thank you for telling a powerful story,” added President Obama.

Why did Capt. spike abandon you, Jack; you have never told me that.

spike Lee and The New York Times' A.O. Scott disagree on this.

In the midst of one of these revolting paroxysms spike breathed his last.