spike

spike
[[t]spa͟ɪk[/t]]
spikes, spiking, spiked
1) N-COUNT 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.

2) N-COUNT: usu with supp Any long pointed object can be referred to as a spike.

Her hair stood out in spikes.

...a long spike of white flowers.

3) N-PLURAL: also a pair of n 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.
4) VERB: usu passive If your drink is spiked, someone has added alcohol or drugs to it without telling you. [INFORMAL]

[be V-ed] They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked.

[V-ed] ...drinks spiked with tranquillisers.

Syn:
5) N-COUNT: oft N in n 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.

6) → See also spiked

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Spike — [ʃpai̮k], der; s, s: 1. 1Stift (1) an den Schuhsohlen von Läufern oder an Autoreifen, der das [Aus]gleiten verhindert: Schuhe, Autoreifen mit Spikes. 2. <Plural> Laufschuhe, an deren Sohlen sich Spikes (1) befinden: ein Paar Spikes; mit… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • spike — spike1 [spīk] n. [ME < ON spīkr, a nail, spike, or < MDu & MLowG spīker, both ult. < IE base * (s)p(h)ei , sharp, pointed splinter > SPIT1, SPOKE1, L spica, ear of grain, spina,SPINE] 1. a long, heavy nail 2. a sh …   English World dictionary

  • Spike — Spike, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[=i]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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spike — spike; spike·let; spike·man; spike·nard; un·spike; hand·spike; …   English syllables

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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