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spike heel — noun a very high narrow heel on women s shoes • Syn: ↑spike, ↑stiletto heel • Hypernyms: ↑heel * * * noun : a very high tapering heel used on women s shoes compare : french heel, spanish heel … Useful english dictionary
spike — spike1 [spaık] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch] 1.) something long and thin with a sharp point, especially a pointed piece of metal 2.) [usually singular] a sudden large increase in the number or rate of something spike in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
spike — I [[t]spaɪk[/t]] n. v. spiked, spik•ing 1) bui rai a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 in. (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,… … From formal English to slang
spike heel — noun Date: 1926 1. a very high tapering heel used on women s shoes 2. plural shoes with spike heels … New Collegiate Dictionary
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 — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from Old Norse spīk splinter & spīkr spike; akin to Middle Dutch spiker spike more at spoke Date: 13th century 1. a very large nail 2. a. one of a row of pointed irons placed (as on the top of a wall)… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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