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Definition of 'spike'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) spike
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.  spike
something resembling such a nail, as a sharp-pointed metal projection on a weapon.

3.  spike
an abrupt increase or rise:
a spike of electrical current.

4.  spike
one of a number of rectangular or naillike metal projections on the heel and sole of a shoe for improving traction, as of a baseball player or a runner.

5.  spike
spikes,

6.  spike
shoes having metal projections on the heel and sole.

7.  spike
shoes having spike heels.

8.  spike
a pointed portion of a continuous curve or graph, usu. rising above the adjacent portion.

9.  spike
the unbranched antler of a young deer.

10.  spike
a young mackerel.

11.  spike
Volleyball. an act or instance of spiking the ball.

12.  spike
Slang. a hypodermic needle.

13. (v.t.) spike
to fasten or secure with a spike or spikes.

14.  spike
to provide or set with a spike or spikes.

15.  spike
to pierce with or impale on a spike.

16.  spike
to set or stud with something suggesting spikes.

17.  spike
to injure (another player or a competitor) with the spikes of one's shoe, as in baseball.

18.  spike
Volleyball. to hit (a ball in the air) from a position close to the net sharply downward into the opponent's court.

19.  spike
Football. to throw (the ball) to the ground, esp. in celebration of a touchdown.

20.  spike
to render (a muzzle-loading gun) useless by driving a spike into the breech.

21.  spike
to suppress or thwart:
to spike a rumor.

22.  spike
Informal.

23.  spike
to add alcoholic liquor to (a drink).

24.  spike
to add (a chemical, poison, or other substance) to.

25. (v.i.) spike
to rise or increase sharply (often fol. by up):
Interest rates have spiked up.

26. (n.) spike
an ear, as of wheat or other grain.

27.  spike
an elongated flower cluster in which the flowers are arranged along an unbranched stalk.

Etymology: (1350–1400; < L spīca)

Definition of 'spike'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) spike
a transient variation in voltage or current

2. (noun) spike
sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
"spikes provide greater traction"

3. (noun) ear, spike, capitulum
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

4. (noun) spike
(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

5. (noun) spike
a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
"the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"

6. (noun) spike heel, spike, stiletto heel
a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

7. (noun) spike
each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
"the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game"; "golfers' spikes damage the putting greens"

8. (noun) spike
a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)

9. (noun) spike
a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
"one of the spikes impaled him"

10. (noun) spike, spindle
any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
"the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"

11. (verb) spike
a large stout nail
"they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie"

12. (verb) spike
stand in the way of

13. (verb) transfix, impale, empale, spike
pierce with a sharp stake or point
"impale a shrimp on a skewer"

14. (verb) spike
secure with spikes

15. (verb) spike, spike out
bring forth a spike or spikes
"my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"

16. (verb) spike, lace, fortify
add alcohol to (beverages)
"the punch is spiked!"

17. (verb) spike
manifest a sharp increase
"the voltage spiked"

Definition of 'spike'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) spike
a sudden rise in level or amount
a spike in the price of oil

2. spike
a piece of wood or metal with a sharp point
the spikes that hold railroad tracks down

Definition of 'spike'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) spike
a sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward

2. (noun) spike
anything resembling such a nail in shape

3. (noun) spike
an ear of corn or grain

4. (noun) spike
a kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis

5. (noun) spike
spike lavender. See Lavender

6. (verb) spike
to fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks

7. (verb) spike
to set or furnish with spikes

8. (verb) spike
to fix on a spike

9. (verb) spike
to stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it

Definitions of 'spike'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. spike
1. To defeat a selection mechanism by introducing a (sometimes temporary) device that forces a specific result. The word is used in several industries; telephone engineers refer to spiking a relay by inserting a pin to hold the relay in either the closed or open state, and railroaders refer to spiking a track switch so that it cannot be moved. In programming environments it normally refers to a temporary change, usually for testing purposes (as opposed to a permanent change, which would be called hardwired).

2. [borderline techspeak] A visible peak in an otherwise rather constant graph (e.g. a sudden surge in line voltage, an unexpected short “high” on a logical line in a circuit). Hackers frequently use this for a sudden short increase in some quantity such as system load or network traffic.

Translation of 'spike'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a hard, thin, pointed object (of wood, metal etc) The fence had long spikes on top.
Afrikaans: pen	Arabic: نُتوء مِسْماري	Bulgarian: шип
Brazilian: espigão	Czech: hrot, bodec	German: die Spitze
Danish: spids	Greek: αιχμή, μύτη	Spanish: punta, pincho
Estonian: oga, piik	Farsi: ميله ي نوك تيز	Finnish: piikki
French: pointe	Hebrew: מוֹט מְחוּדַד	Hindi: नोक
Croatian: šiljak, klin	Hungarian: hegy	Indonesian: benda runcing
Icelandic: fleinn, broddur	Italian: punta	Japanese: 大くぎ
Korean: 뾰족한 못	Lithuanian: smaigalys, smaigas	Latvian: smaile; (jumta) dzegulis
Malay: pancang	Dutch: scherpe punt	Norwegian: pigg, spiss
Polish: kolec	Persian: ميله ي نوك تيز	Pashto: نوک تیز
Portuguese: espigão	Romanian: vârf	Russian: острый выступ, зубец
Slovak: hrot	Slovenian: konica	Serbian: šiljak
Swedish: pigg, spets, tagg	Thai: เหล็กแหลม; เดือยแหลม	Turkish: sivri uçlu metal çubuk
Taiwanese: (牆頭上防止人翻牆而置的)尖鐵(木)	Ukrainian: гострий виступ; вістря	Urdu: نوک، نکیلا ڈنڈا وغیرہ
Vietnamese: que nhọn, chấn song sắt đ	Chinese: （墙头上防止人翻墙而置的）尖铁（木）
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