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nouna very high narrow heel on women's shoes
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verbadd alcohol to (beverages)
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nounany holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
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nounfruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corntype of:part of:
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nouna long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)type of:
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nouna sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)type of:
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nouna sharp rise followed by a sharp declinetype of:
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noun(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axistype of:
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nouneach of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)type of:
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verbmanifest a sharp increasetype of:
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verbsecure with spikes
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nounsports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletestype of:part of:
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verbstand in the way of
Examples of spike
- "the punch is spiked!"
- "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"
- "they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie"
- "one of the spikes impaled him"
- "the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
- "the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game"
- "golfers' spikes damage the putting greens"
- "the voltage spiked"
- "spikes provide greater traction"