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| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A large nail for fastening rails or rail chairs to crossties. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A spike generally used to fasten rails to the sleepers when laying track. Their length should be 1/2 in (1.27 cm) less than the depth of the sleeperinto which they are being pounded. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Bag-Punching Dog Spike (1897) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dog spike | 12 |
cartoon dog spike | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DOG SPIKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skinnespiger (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), skinnesoem (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), skinnenagel (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spoorspijker (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), kraagschroef (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kiskonaula (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tire-fond, crampon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spannagel (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), Schienenschraube (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), Schienennagel (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), Schienenkrampe (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), Schienenklammer (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), Bügel (arc, bail, bow, clamp, clip, coat hanger, ear piece, frame, handle, hanger, stirrup, trigger guard, yoke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βελόνη σιδηροτροχιάς (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | chiodo di fissaggio della rotaia alla traversa (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), chiodo (fixed idea, nail, pin, piton, Spike, stud, tack), caviglia (ankle, dowel), arpione (harpoon, hinge, hook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogday ikespay fixador de solipa (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike). (various references) grapón (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, staple, straddle, track spike), escarpia de vía (apron, gutter, rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, tin, track spike), escarpia de carril (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), clavo de vía (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike). (various references) skenspik (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike), rälsspik (rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, spike, track spike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-k-o-p-s" | |
-2 letters: dogies, geoids, pogies, poised, pokies, spiked, spoked. | |
-3 letters: dikes, dipso, doges, dogie, dopes, eidos, geoid, gopik, kepis, piked, pikes, poise, poked, pokes, posed, siped, skied, spied, spike, spode, spoke. | |
-4 letters: desk, dies, digs, dike, dips, disk, does, doge, dogs, dope, dose, egis, egos, epos, geds, gids, gied, gies, gips, gods, goes, ides, kegs. | |
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| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Expressions: Internet 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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