spike
spike
spaÉĒk
spaik
/spˈa‍ÉĒk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "spike"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĢā§‹āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to poke or pierce something with a sharp point
Transitive: to spike sb/sth
to spike definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gardener spiked the soil to aerate it and promote better water absorption.
āĻŽāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϜāϞ āĻļā§‹āώāϪ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāĻ— āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻžāύ⧋

to add alcohol or a drug to a drink without the knowledge or consent of those who will consume it
Transitive: to spike a drink
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Someone had spiked her drink at the party, leaving her feeling disoriented.
āϕ⧇āω āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋

to experience a sudden increase and reach a peak and then decline rapidly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Interest in the cryptocurrency market spiked last year before plummeting suddenly.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secure or fasten something using large nails or metal projections
Transitive: to spike sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldiers spiked the barricade with iron spikes to prevent enemy vehicles from passing through.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁ āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āĻĄā§‡ āϞ⧋āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to intentionally suppress, block, or halt spread of something
Transitive: to spike spread of information
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She spiked the rumor by providing concrete evidence to refute it.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āϰāϟāύāĻž āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āϗ⧇āρāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(in baseball) to hit someone or something with the sharp points of a player's shoes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pitcher warned the batter not to spike anyone intentionally.
āĻĒāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
07

āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ•

(in American football) to throw the ball forcefully into the ground either to stop the clock or to celebrate a touchdown
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fans cheered loudly when their favorite player spiked the ball in celebration.
āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻž āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϜāϝāĻŧāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in volleyball) to jump near the net and hit the ball forcefully downward into the opponent's court
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach teaches beginners how to spike correctly.
āϕ⧋āϚ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
01

āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ•, āĻ­ā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡āϜ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ•

a brief, sharp, and temporary variation or increase in voltage or current within an electrical circuit
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A sudden spike in current overloaded the system, triggering a shutdown.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻļāĻžāϟāĻĄāĻžāωāύ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āϜ⧁āϤāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ•

a type of athletic shoe that has pointed protrusions on the sole, designed to provide better traction and grip on surfaces such as grass, dirt, or track
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sprinter tightened his spikes before the race.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āρāϧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ•, āϏ⧂āϚāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

a large stout nail
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āϏ⧂āϚāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ•

any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
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āϏ⧂āϚāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋ

a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϰ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž

a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϞ, āϖ⧁āĻŦ āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϞ

a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
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āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ•

each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ•, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ

a significant and sudden increase in a price, number, rate, etc.
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āĻļā§€āώ, āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ›

(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
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āĻļā§€āώ, āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ›

fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ•, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ

(in volleyball) a forceful downward hit of the ball into the opponent's court, usually performed near the net
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach praised the player 's powerful spike during practice.
āϕ⧋āϚ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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