Definitions for spoke
spoʊkspoke

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spoke, wheel spoke, radiusnoun

   support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

2. rundle, spoke, rungnoun

   one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. spokenoun

   A piece that fits between the axle and the round outside, or rim, of a wheel.

2. spokeverb

   To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spokenoun

   The bar of a wheel that passes from the nave to the felly.

   Etymology: spaca , Saxon; speiche, German.

   All you gods,
   In general synod take away her power;
   Break all the spokes and fellies of her wheel,
   And bowl the round nave down the hill of heav’n. William Shakespeare.

   No heir e’er drove so fine a coach;
   The spokes, we are by Ovid told,
   Were silver, and the axle gold. Jonathan Swift.

2. Spokethe preterite of speak.

   They spoke best in the glory of their conquest. Thomas Sprat.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spoke

   A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. The term originally referred to portions of a log that had been riven (split lengthwise) into four or six sections. The radial members of a wagon wheel were made by carving a spoke (from a log) into their finished shape. A spokeshave is a tool originally developed for this purpose. Eventually, the term spoke was more commonly applied to the finished product of the wheelwright's work, than to the materials they used.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spoke

   A spoke is a slender support or rod connecting the hub to the rim in the wheel of a bicycle, wagon, or any similar structure. It helps to evenly distribute the weight on the wheel and maintain its balance. The term can also refer to a single part or segment radiating from the center of a whole, similar to the bicycle wheel, metaphorically in organizations and systems.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spoke

   of Speak

2. Spoke

   of Speak

3. Spoke

   imp. of Speak

4. Spokenoun

   the radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly

5. Spokenoun

   a projecting handle of a steering wheel

6. Spokenoun

   a rung, or round, of a ladder

7. Spokenoun

   a contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill

8. Spokeverb

   to furnish with spokes, as a wheel

9. Etymology: [OE. spoke, spake, AS. spca; akin to D. speek, LG. speke, OHG. speihha, G. speiche. 170. Cf. Spike a nail.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spoke

   A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel, connecting the hub with the round traction surface. The term originally referred to portions of a log which had been split lengthwise into four or six sections. The radial members of a wagon wheel were made by carving a spoke into their finished shape. A spokeshave is a tool originally developed for this purpose. Eventually, the term spoke was more commonly applied to the finished product of the wheelwright's work, than to the materials he used.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spoke

   spōk, pa.t. of speak.

2. Spoke

   spōk, n. one of the bars from the nave to the rim of a wheel.—Put a spoke in one's wheel, to thwart a person by some impediment. [A.S. spáca; Dut. speek, Ger. speiche.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spoke

   The portion of the hub and spoke distribution system that refers to transportation mode operators responsible for scheduled delivery to a customer of the

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spoke

   Spoke is a Personal Connections Management Service that enables people to leverage their lifetime of personal contacts to discover and re-connect with specific persons that can help them with current needs " even if they no longer remember their names or how they originally met.Provided as a cloud-based service, Spoke aggregates information about people you have met from your email and address books. And, utilizing its unique crowd-sourcing technology, Spoke ensures you can reach your connections wherever they are with your favorite means of communication.

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1. spoke

   Song lyrics by spoke -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by spoke on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Crosspiece
   • Support

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spoke' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1523

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spoke' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1532

How to pronounce spoke?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say spoke in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spoke in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spoke in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of spoke in a Sentence

1. World Choice spokesman Pete Owens:

   It has added to confusion in discussions about the expansion of our dinner theaters to new locations across the country and around the world, some of our guest comments and comments of developers, in markets around the country with whom we spoke, show a misconception of what our show is. They do not realize the Stampede is a very patriotic, spectacular, horse show with 32 beautiful horses as the stars.

2. Fairfax Police Chief Kevin Davis:

   Detectives from Fairfax County Police Department spoke with Charles Helem in October of 2021. Charles Helem confessed to the brutal and cold-hearted murder of Eige Adler, sadly, both of Eige's parents died never knowing what happened to their daughter. We hope this indictment brings some sense of closure to Eige Adler surviving family members and friends.

3. State John Kerry:

   I spoke to Foreign Minister Lavrov again today, we both believe that we have an understanding of the direction we are going in and what needs to be achieved and our teams will meet shortly and we are going to continue to do that in order to bolster the cessation of hostilities and in order to increase our capacity to fight back against al Qaeda, which is Nusra, as well as fight back against ISIL.

4. Abeld Malik Labidi:

   When he came back his behavior was the same: he was still himself, calm, serious. Nobody noticed anything, even the neighbors I spoke to, he said hello to everyone, he prayed, he took his coffee, even on the day of the attack he took his coffee with his family and went to work.

5. Thomas Farley:

   We have n’t seen a public health emergency like this in the last century, it’s time for us to rethink our assumptions, and consider options we had n’t seen before. Unlike similar efforts by other cities, the injection sites would not need City Council approval because they would be privately run. Drug-related overdose deaths began to spoke in 2015 with the presence of fetanyl, according to Philadelphia Public Health. ( Fox News) The sites would give drug addicts a safe haven to shoot up and would offer sterile injection equipment, including needles, and Naloxone. Fox News would also give referrals to treatment centers, social services clinics and wound care facilities. The idea comes as a paradigm shift in the nation’s effort to stem the tide of opioid-related deaths.Seattle and New York have been among places that have mulled similar measures, but the efforts stalled because of either legal or bureaucratic hurdles. Canada and Europe have operated similar types of facilities for the last few decades.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spoke
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spoke
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=spoke
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoke
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=spoke
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=spoke
9. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
10. ^ CrunchBase
    https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spoke