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Definition: Spike |
SpikeNoun1. A transient variation in voltage or current. 2. Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction". 3. Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn. 4. (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis. 5. A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall. 6. A long sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal). 7. Any holding device consisting of a long sharp-pointed object. 8. A long metal nail. Verb1. Stand in the way of. 2. Pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer". 3. Secure with spikes. 4. Bring forth a spike or spikes, as of flowers, such as hyacinths. 5. Add alcohol beverages. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spike" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Spike v. 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. Source: Jargon File. |
Industry | Sports shoe equipped with spikes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | A large nail for fastening rails or rail chairs to crossties. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A burst of undesirable high voltage on a power line, typically lasting only a fraction of a second. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The pointed element in an electroencephalogram wave. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Medicine | The activation of synapses causes changes in the permeability of the dendritic membrane leading to changes in the membrane potential. This difference of the potential travels along the axon of the neuron and is called spike. Source: European Union. (references) |
| To. . the. . distal end. . of the core. . is fitted a hexagonal plate from which project six short spikes. . Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The pacemaker pulse as seen on an ECG tracing [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Slang | Verb. Source: This word originated from the English language and was adopted by some members of an ultimate frisbee team, here at the University of Oregon, yet carries a different meaning. Definition: To spike something in the game of frisbee means to slam down. Context: This word is used between teamates to discribe why the game was stopped or why someone missed the catch. Social Source: U of O Ultimate FrisbeePlayers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Sports & Leisure | The act of jumping in the air near the net, and forcefully hitting a set ball from above the level of the net down into the opponents court. Source: European Union. (references) |
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A spike can refer to:
- a sharp object like a nail:
- spiked shoes worn by athletes, which provide more traction.
- large spikes used to secure railroad rails to the wooden ties
- the Golden Spike, driven at Promontory Point in Utah on 1869 May 10, joining the first trans-continental railroad in North America
- an upswing in activity, shown by a spike on a graph or chart:
- a spike, a short electrical pulse (See: surge suppressor, transient voltage)
- a spike in the crime rate, birth rate, cancer rate, or other rate
- An unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence (Botanical) with sessile flowers arranged along the axis. Compare with raceme.
- The Spire of Dublin, a massive needle-like structure erected in Dublin in 2003, is widely known as The Spike
- Spike TV is the new name of The National Network, originally The Nashville Network (TNN).
The name "Spike"
Real people named Spike include:Many fictional characters have been called Spike:
- filmmaker Spike Lee
- filmmaker Spike Jonze
- satirist Spike Jones
- satirist Spike Milligan
- jazz musician '''Spike Robinson
- vampire Spike Blogs
Cartoon dogs named "Spike":
- Spike Spiegel, in a Japanese animation, Cowboy Bebop
- Spike, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Spike, Fonzie's cousin in Happy Days
- Spike Fumo, in Spike of Bensonhurst
- Spike, in Degrassi Junior High
- Spike Thomson, in Press Gang
Spike is the title of:
- Spike, the family pet in Rugrats (voiced by Bruce Willis in the spin-off movie Rugrats Go Wild)
- Spike, Snoopy's brother in Peanuts
- Spike, Tom's nemesis in the cartoon series Tom & Jerry
- Spike, a 1989 LP by Elvis Costello
- Spike, a 2001 LP by P. Diddy
- The Spike, a 1980 novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave, former editor of The Washington Times
- The Spike, a 1997 (revised 2001) book by Damien Broderick
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spike."
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Spike is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, played by James Marsters.Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers
He is a peroxide blonde vampire, who showed up in Sunnydale in the show's second season, with his then-love Drusilla, who was suffering from a mysterious ailment.
After Angel lost his soul and began a plot to destroy the world, Spike allied with Buffy Summers to get his love back. He later returned to Sunnydale, having lost Drusilla, but before he could strike out at Buffy Summers, was collared with a microchip that induces crippling electric shocks whenever he attacks humans. Later, he found himself falling in love with Buffy.
Spike is also known as "William the Bloody". He acquired the nickname before having been turned into a vampire, because his poetry was so "bloody awful".
At the end of Season 6, Spike acquired a soul, and early episodes of Season 7 focused on his guilt and repentance for his previous acts of evil. In the Season 7 finale, Spike sacrificed himself to save the world. A shiny bauble he wore radiated with sunlight and destroyed a legion of uber-vampires. In the process, Spike incinerated, but not before Buffy told him she loved him - a claim he said he did not believe.
Despite his apparent death, Spike returned in Season 5 of Angel and is now a regular.
Notes: Originally Spike's "sire" was thought to be Angel, but later it is clarified that Drusilla did the actual "siring", but Spike refers to Angel as his sire, because Angel sired Drusilla.
External Links
- "Slayage" the on-line journal of academic Buffy Studies.
- Archived articles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- "Buffy Stories" links to fanfiction
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)."
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Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Spike is a burly, gray bulldog who wears a red sweater, a brown bowler hat, and a perpetual scowl. Chester is just the opposite, small and jumpy with yellow fur and brown, perky ears.The characters starred in only two shorts, both directed by animator Friz Freleng. The first of these films was 1952's Tree for Two. In it, Chester tells his idol Spike that he knows of a cat that they can beat up. The cat is Freleng's own Sylvester, but every time Spike thinks he has the cat cornered, a runaway zoo panther appears in Sylvester's place, thrashing the dog instead. When Chester decides to have a go of it, however, Sylvester finds himself at the little dog's mercy. By the cartoon's end, Spike and Chester have switched roles; Spike is the fawning sycophant, and Chester the smug prizefighter.
The characters' second outing came in the 1954 film Dr. Jerkyl's Hyde. Spike (here called "Alfie") is once again after Sylvester, only this time it is Sylvester himself who pummels the poor pooch, thanks to a potion that transforms him into a feline monster. Chester, of course, never sees this transformed Sylvester, thinking his buddy is being beaten by the tiny tomcat.
In both of these cartoons, Spike is performed by voice actor Mel Blanc, and Chester is performed by Stan Freberg.
Another bulldog character appeared in other cartoons with Sylvester and Tweety, but this character is not Spike; he is officially known as Hector the Bulldog. Several Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by MGM also featured a character named Spike the Bulldog (and his son, Tyke). This is another character, unrelated to the Spike used by Freleng.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier."
Synonyms: SpikeSynonyms: capitulum (n), ear (n), empale (v), fortify (v), impale (v), lace (v), spike out (v), transfix (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: spiked (european union, industry). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hindrance | Thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil; faze, feaze, feeze; baffle, snub, override, circumvent; defeat; spike guns; (render useless); spoil, mar, clip the wings of; cripple; (injure); put an extinguisher on; damp; dishearten; (dissuade); discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport; lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on; cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine; be in the way of, stand in the way of; act as a drag; hang like a millstone round one's neck. |
Impotence | Render powerless; Adjective: deprive of power; disable, disenable; disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands; double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of; throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote; ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns; take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel; break the neck, break the back; unhinge, unfit; put out of gear. |
Inutility | Render useless; Adjective: dismantle, dismast, dismount, disqualify, disable; unrig; cripple, lame; (injure); spike guns, clip the wings; put out of gear. |
Opening | Perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine; (scoop out); tunnel; transpierce, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in. |
Sharpness | Point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca. |
Stopper | Noun: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, tap; rammer; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Have you ever seen it, Aragorn? The White Tower of Ecthelion, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, its banners caught high in the morning breeze (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) You told me once to forget the past, cause it doesn't matter, but you're the one still tied to the past, Spike! (Cowboy Bebop; writing credit: Akihiko Inari) Spike you with a volleyball (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn) He says he's having a wonderful time and he's thinking of changing his name to Spike. (Bachelor Party; writing credit: Bob Israel; Neal Israel) Brothers and sisters fighting is as natural as a white mans dialogue in a Spike Lee movie (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Lyrics | I was crowned with a spike right thru my head (JUMPING JACK FLASH; performing artist: The Rolling Stones) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Spike Jones Show (1961) Spike Milligan Meets Joe Brown (1961) The Spike Jones Show (1957) Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (1953) The Spike Jones Show (1951) | |
Song Titles | Cocktails for Two (performing artist: Spike & City Slickers Jones) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Early level crew - passing the mallet Rear rodman passing front rodman, recorder pulling Rodman moving ahead will drive spike to steady rod. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Rear rodman passing front rodman, recorder pulling Passing the mallet so rear rodman can drive spike to steady rod Level crew of W. H. Burger. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Spike camps are camps close to the burn area or areas difficult to access. Credit: USDA. |  | A crew disembarks at a heliport on thier way to a spike camp. Credit: USDA. |
 | Golden Spike National Historic Site. Credit: NPS. |  | Spike Shannon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | I've got orders to run you in, Spike : and how!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Abie the agent. This is a subpoena - this "Spike" Slammer is suing you for the $10,000 reward money. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Special train of Governor Stanford, president of the Central Pacific, and [wagon] train of immigrants bound for California at Monument Point, a few miles west of Promontory, Utah, where the last spike was driven in the first transcontinental railroad on M. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Babe White driving first spike in U.S. Railroad. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Church spike" by C.H. So Commentary: "I don't usually look up when I walk pass the church. Suddenly I looked up today and the spike looks surprisingly nice!!!." | "Dublin Spike 2" by Eoghan Mcnally Commentary: "Composite (4 or 5 shots) of Irelands tallest structure,part of the millenium spending.120 metres tall." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Spike Milligan | I'm a hero with coward's legs. |
| Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions. | |
| Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | As Thenardier was constantly in sight, they imagined no danger from this spike. |
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Business | Following this initial spike in market interest, however, local demand for wood flooring soon tapered off, and Robins later pulled out of this market and, for the next few years, very few U.S. wood flooring companies did business in Korea. (references) | |
According to a recent survey, over 70 percent of apartment residents want their apartments renovated compared to the 28.7 percent that have already have already done so. Moreover, over 95 percent of these apartment residents have expressed a preference for wood flooring, which could generate a further spike in Korean demand for wood flooring. (references) | ||
Economic History | Algeria | The spike in oil prices in 1999-2000 and the government's tight fiscal policy, as well as a large increase in the trade surplus and the near tripling of foreign exchange reserves has helped the country's finances. (references) |
Ireland | For some, the spike is a short-term reaction to external factors -- such as oil price increases, recent tax increases on items like cigarettes -- and the strong pound which makes imported goods from Ireland's largest trading partner, the UK, more expensive. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | As a result, industry sources anticipate a very large spike in the $300 million dollar average figure during 2002 and continuing throughout 2003 and 2004. Pre-engineered items such as DCS systems should peak the earliest with large custom-engineered items such as control valves coming last. (references) | |
Political Economy | Ireland | The recent spike in inflation has put stress on the April 2000 Partnership Program as the rise in inflation has begun to erode the value of pay rises agreed to in the Program. (references) |
RUSSIA | In 2003, the Government of Russia faces a debt spike to $19 billion because of higher MinFin and Eurobond payments, although it has prepaid $1 billion of this already and may have repurchased some of its private sector debt. (references) | |
PHILIPPINES | Although the foreign debt stock declined, the BSP expects the ratio of debt service payments to merchandise and service exports to spike from 12.4 percent in 2000 to between 16 to 17 percent in 2001 (the highest since 1995)-reflecting a combination of higher debt service outlays and slumping export receipts. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Spike" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 45.34% of the time. "Spike" is used about 311 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 45.34% | 141 | 26,682 |
| Noun (singular) | 43.09% | 134 | 27,488 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.75% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.5% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (common) | 0.32% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 311 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "spike" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Spike | Last name | 170 | 54,099 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "spike". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Stachys | N/A | Biblical | Spike or ear of corn |
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Expressions using "spike": creeping spike rush ♦ dog spike ♦ marlin spike ♦ Marline spike ♦ Marling spike ♦ needle spike rush ♦ oil of spike ♦ rail spike ♦ railroad spike ♦ rapping spike ♦ screw spike ♦ slender spike rush ♦ spike apron ♦ spike arrester ♦ Spike grass ♦ spike heath ♦ spike heel ♦ spike knot ♦ spike lavender ♦ spike lavender oil ♦ Spike Lee ♦ spike moss ♦ spike oil ♦ spike out ♦ spike rush ♦ Spike shell ♦ spike smb.'s gun ♦ spike suppressor ♦ Spike team ♦ Texas purple spike ♦ track spike. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spike": spike-drawer, spike-heads, spike-heels, spike-like, spike-nail, spike-nailed, spike-plate, spike-proof, spike-roll, spike-shouldered, spike-skinned, spike-tail. | |
Ending with "spike": hand-spike, marlin-spike, rail-spike, ramming-spike. | |
Containing "spike": Marline-spike bird. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
spike tv | 3,087 | air bud spike back | 59 |
spike | 1,075 | james marsters spike | 56 |
spike lee | 564 | golden spike | 55 |
buffy and spike | 485 | spike tnn | 54 |
spike jones | 185 | spike milligan | 53 |
buffy fan fiction spike | 181 | spike and mike | 52 |
spike tv.com | 123 | spike lee movie | 46 |
hair spike | 120 | picture of spike | 44 |
spike jonze | 113 | buffy diary spike | 43 |
spiegel spike | 92 | bbw spike | 43 |
spike heel | 91 | buffy spike video | 41 |
buffy the vampire slayer spike | 72 | spike nashbar | 40 |
track spike | 70 | bird spike | 39 |
liberty spike | 68 | spike t.v | 39 |
angel spike | 65 | james spike | 36 |
network spike | 65 | spike bracelet | 35 |
buffy picture spike | 63 | spike willow | 35 |
buffy fanfic spike | 62 | buffy pic spike | 35 |
spike tnn tv | 61 | willow and spike fan fiction | 34 |
buffy spike wallpaper | 59 | spike fan fiction | 34 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "spike"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Shpoj (bore, broach, drill, drive, flesh, hole, impale, jab, perforate, Pierce, pink, poke, prick, prickle, punch, puncture, run through, spit, stab, stick, sting), Shish (poniard), Vrigull (lobe), Thumb (clapper, cleat, dart, nipple, Pike, sneer, sting, stinger, tack, taunt, tongue of bell, wisecrack), Punson, Majë (aiguille, alp, apex, cusp, height, nab, naze, Neb, needle, nib, peak, Pike, pinnacle, point, projection, spire, summit, tine, tip, tiptop, top, topping, vertex, woof), Kunj (axle pin, dowel, hob, key, linchpin, peg, picket, pin, pintle, piquet, spile, spline, tenon, toggle), Kamë (dagger, Dirk, poniard, whinger), Kalli (cob, ear), Gozhdoj (attract, chain, nail, nail down, pin, rivet, root), Gozhdë (cleat, nail, tack). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسمار كبير (stud), مسمار ضخم, مسمار (brad, nail, pin, rivet, staple, tack), سمر (brown, nail, pin, stud, tan), سنبلة (ear, head, tuft), سبلة (ear), عنقود زهري طويل مستدق الطرف, خنجر (dagger, dirk, machete, poniard, stiletto), ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, stop, undo, vacate), ثقب بمسمار, ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant), رزة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Острие, Пробождам (Gore, Pierce), Прибавям Алкохол На, Кол, Клас, Клин (Gore), Метален Прът, Забивам (Lodge), Втулка (Bush, Bushing), Изваждам От Строя, Шип (Pike), Слагам Шипове На, Рог На Млад Елен, Разсейвам, Разбивам Подсипа На Топ. (various references) | |
Chinese | 長釘 , 钉 (Peg, Pegging, stapled, stapling). (various references) | |
Czech | Upevnit (anchor, confine, consolidate, fasten, fix, forge, infix, make up, moor, picket, plant, plant in, rivet, secure, ship, solidify, steady, strengthen), Osten (prick, prickle, quill, spine, spur, sting, thorn), Opatřit Bodcem, Napíchnout (fix, tap), Nabodnout (Gore, spear), Klas (ear), Hrot (apex, bit, head, Pike, point, prick, tip), Hodit Do Koše, Hřeb, Bodec (pricker, prong, spit, tang), Špice, Špièka (Pike). (various references) | |
Danish | søm (nail), spids (peak, point, pointed, spiked, summit, tip), specialelement med forøget berigning (seed), soem (hemming, nail), skinnespiger (dog spike, rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, track spike), skinnesoem (dog spike, rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, track spike), skinnenagel (dog spike, rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, track spike), hjælpegriber (cramp, grouser, lug, strake, tire stud), kanyle (cannula), luftindtag med kegle, nål (needle), nagle (hoop rivet), beskadigelsesområde, pigsko (spiked shoes), transient (transient), pig (barb, spike tooth, tack, wire nail). (various references) | |
Dutch | spuiter (cannon, Hypodermic needle used for injecting drugs, nail, naturally flowing well, needle, point, sharp), spuit (nozzle, syringe), spoorspijker (dog spike, rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, track spike), spike (cramp, grouser, lug, strake, tire stud), spijk, speciaal verrijkt splijtstofpakket (seed), shotter (cannon, Hypodermic needle used for injecting drugs, nail, needle, point, sharp), punt (dot, element, fragment, item, particle, peak, period, point, spot, summit, tip), impuls (access, impetus, impulse), konisch inlaatstuk, kopspijkertje, kraagschroef (dog spike, rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, track spike), lange draadnagel, naald (needle, pin), nageltje, actiepotentiaal (action potential), prik (prick, spades, sting), uitschieter (erratic samples, excursion, maverick, power excursion, reactor excursion), puntenschoen (spiked shoes), pomp (pump). (various references) | |
Farsi | میله (Axle, Bar, Beam, Filament, Gad, Lever, Pivot, Rod, Shaft, Slat, Stem, Stilt, Style), میخکوب کردن (Transfix), میخ طویله , میخ بزرگ , میخ (Nail, Peg), تیر (Arrow, Bar, Dart, Gunshot, Ledger, Lug, Mast, Perch, Prop, Shaft, Shot, Staff, Stanchion, Staple, Timber). (various references) | |
Finnish | piikki (barb, fling, prick, prickle, prong, spine, sting, taunt, thorn, tooth), nasta (drawing-pin, jolly good, stud, tack). (various references) | |
French | Pointe (spear), Clou. (various references) | |
German | Stift (ball-point, Brad, cathedral chapter, crayon, diocese, felt tip, foundation, gib, nail, nib, panel pin, peak, peg, pen, pencil, pin, pivot, point, seminary, summit, tack, tip). (various references) | |
Greek | υπόδημα με μύτες (spiked shoes), Ακίδα, τακούνι πρόσφυσης (cramp, grouser, lug, strake, tire stud), αιχμή (nib, peak, pin point, point, spicule, tip), ακίδα (fork, gaff, sliver, spigot, splinter), Στάχυ, ήλος, υφαντική βελόνα, ίαρφώνω, υπέρταση (hypertension), κώνος εισόδου (nose fairing, spinner), βελόνα ύφανσης, βελόνη σιδηροτροχιάς (dog spike, rail spike, railroad spike, screw spike, track spike), γκανάκι (cannon, Hypodermic needle used for injecting drugs, nail, needle, point, sharp), όέγα ίαρφί, καρφί (clincher, nail, stud), κεντρικό σώμα, κν.παπούτσι με καρφιά (spiked shoes), υπερρεύμα (surge). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ֹתד, ־סמר, ּתקוע ֹתד, ּסמרר, ּסכל, ּנקב ֱמסמר, ַוד (Neb, Pike), ַדוד, בולת, קוץ (acantha, spine, thistle, thorn). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Tüske (barb, beard, bristle, bur, burr, dolly, prick, pricker, prickle, spine, thorn), Cövek (pale, paling, peg, picket, pin, spud, stake, stock), vashegy, szeg (nail, peg, pin, stud, tack, to hem), kampósszeg (toggle), kalász (ear, head, Spica), hegyes impulzuscsúcs, füzérvirágzat (panicle), ácsszeg. (various references) | |
Indonesian | paku (brad, nail, peg). (various references) | |
Italian | Chiodo (fixed idea, nail, pin, piton, stud, tack). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 花穂 , 犬釘 (dog nail), 穂状花序 , 五寸釘 (long nail), スナック麺 (circlip, snack noodle, snake, snake dance, snakeskin, snap, snap ring, snapshot, snatch, sneak in, sneak out, sneak preview, sneaker, snob, snobbism, snooker, snoopy, snorkel, snow, snow boat, snow gun, snow mobile, snow surfing, snow tire, spark, spark plug, sparkling wine, sparring, sparring partner, spatula, sperm bank, spice, spider, spike heel, spiked shoes, spiker, spiky cut, spiral, spurt, spy, studded snow tire). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいじょうかじょ, かすい (add water, drooping, hanging down, nap, river water, siesta, stream), いぬくぎ (dog nail), ごすんくぎ (long nail), スパイク . (various references) | |
Korean | 스파이크. (various references) | |
Manx | kibbin (dibble, gad, linchpin, peg, stake, wooden pin), greimmey lesh birrag, birrag (canine tooth, Dutch rush, eye tooth, fang, shave grass, skewer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ikespay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | prego (brad, dowel, fingernail, kingpin, nail, pin), grampo (brace, bracket, clam, clasp, claw, clinch, clincher, clip, cramp, dog nail, grab, holdfast, locket, parenthesis, staple, tie-plate), cravo (blackhead, carnation, fingernail, gillyflower, harpsichord, nail, pink, rivet). (various references) | |
Romanian | Spic (ear), Vârf Ascuţit (needle, pin), Pune Cuie, Pivot (cone, gudgeon, hinge, pintle, pivot, spindle, Trunnion), Pironi (fix, nail), Panã (arrow, break down, chock, cleat, cotter, failure, feather, Gib, injury, jaw, peg, pen, pick, pinion, plug, plume, puncture, quill, quill pen, wedge), Levãnţicã (lavender), Cui (cotter, nail, peg, pin, rough, sprig, stud, whose), Crampon (calk, crampon, dog, holdfast, hook, staple, stud), Þintã (Mark), Þeapã. (various references) | |
Russian | Острие (Pike), Костыль, Колос, Клин (Fid, Gib, Gore), Заостренный Стержень, Забивать Гвоздь, Гвоздь, пронзать пик, Шип (Pike), Рог Молодого Оленя. (various references) | |
Scottish | spéic (a spike), barra (a spike, pnm. Barra). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | smeč (smash), visoka štikla, pričvrstiti klinovima, onesposobiti (cripple, disable, hamstring, incapacitate, indispose, unfit), klinac (hobnail, kid, shaver), ekser (dog nail, nail), dodati alkoholno piće, šiljak (cusp, jag, nib, peak, tip). (various references) | |
Spanish | Punta (beak, bodkin, end, extremity, head, hustler, jag, nib, peak, pen nib, Pike, point, summit, tip, toe), Clavo (clove, dog nail, hobnail, nail, stud). (various references) | |
Swedish | pigg (alert, bobbish, brisk, dapper, fresh, lively, peppy, pert, point, quill, sharp, smart, spirited, sprightly, tag, tooth), dubb (knob, prod, stud). (various references) | |
Thai | ใส่แอลกอฮอล์, เดือยแหลม, พวงช่อดอกไม้, ตอกด้วยเดือยแหลม, ตะปูยักษ์, รวงข้าว (ear). (various references) | |
Turkish | Sivri Demir Ýle Delmek, Sivri Uçlu Demir, Sivri Uç (cusp, jag, point, prickle, prong, spica), Ýnce Topuk, Ýri Çivi, Başağa Benzer Çiçek Başı, Başak (ear, spica), Delmek (bore, broach, dig into, dig through, drill, hole, make a hole in, perforate, pick, Pierce, pink, prick, puncture, ream, ream out, stab, stave in, stick), Falya Deliğini Tıkamak, Alkol Katmak, Krampon Ýle Yaralamak, Yavru Geyik Boynuzu, Tıkamak (block, block up, bung, bung up, choke, choke up, clog, congest, engorge, foul, foul up, glut, hold, jam, obliterate, obstruct, obturate, occlude, plug, plug up, seal off, spile, stop, stop up, stopple, stuff, tampon, wad), Tahta Sokmak, Uskumru Yavrusu, Uzun Çivilerle Tutturmak, Heyecanlandırmak (carry away, electrify, exalt, excite, ferment, flush, hot up, impassion, inebriate, key up, stir, stir up, sweep away, sweep off, thrill, tickle up, transport, turn on, unsettle, warm up, wind up, work up). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Проколювати (Pierce), Прибивати Цвяхами, Припасовувати Шипи, Колос, Зубець (Dent), Забивати Цвях, Вістря (Neb). (various references) | |
Welsh | pig (beak, bill, point, spout). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aculei, esthamo, hamo, hamum, spica, spina, spinae, spinam, spinarum, spinas, spinis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spike": spiked, spikelet, spikelets, spikelike, spikenard, spikenards, spiker, spikers, spikes, spikey. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spike": handspike, marlinespike, marlinspike, muspike. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spike": handspikes, marlinespikes, marlinspikes, muspikes. (additional references) | |
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"Spike" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iswprke, pspice, psyke, seike, seiken, Sepik, shike, shiki, sika, skipe, slikke, spaken, speake, speek, speken, spica, spiche, spie, Spik, spiker, spikey, spokey, spule, stpke. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spike" (pronounced spī"k) |
| 3 | -p ī" k | Pike. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kepis, pikes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-p-s" | |
-1 letter: kepi, keps, kips, pies, pike, sike, sipe, skep, skip, spik. | |
-2 letters: kep, kip, pes, pie, pis, psi, sei, sip, ski. | |
-3 letters: es, is, pe, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-p-s" | |
+1 letter: pekins, pikers, pokies, spiked, spiker, spikes, spikey. | |
+2 letters: kelpies, kippers, koppies, miskeep, miskept, muspike, peakish, peckish, perkish, peskier, peskily, pickers, pickets, pickles, pikakes, pinkens, pinkers, pinkest, pinkeys, pinkies, pinkoes, pliskie, pokiest, porkies, punkies, puslike, skelpit, skepsis, skeptic, skimped, skipped, skipper, skippet, spikers, spikier, spunkie. | |
+3 letters: capeskin, garpikes, keepings, miskeeps, misspeak, misspoke, muspikes, pawkiest, peakiest, peckiest, perkiest, peskiest, pickaxes, pickeers, pickiest, pinkeyes, pinkness, plinkers, pliskies, pockiest, pokiness, porkiest, porkpies, prickers, prickets, prickles, prinkers, punkiest, pusslike, rampikes, ranpikes, shunpike, skelping, skeptics, skimpier, skiplane, skippers, skippets, soaplike, sparkier, sparlike, speaking, specking, spikelet, spikiest, spookier, sprinkle, spunkier, spunkies, steplike, wasplike, wickapes, wisplike. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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