spike

spike

spike (third-person singular simple present spikes, present participle spiking, simple past and past participle spiked)

1. To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.
2. To add a small amount of one substance to another.

   The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents.

3. (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
4. (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.

   He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer’s hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun. — Frederick Marryat, ""Peter Simple"", 1834

5. (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.
   • October 14, 2002, Jonathan Sale, The Guardian, Edward VIII news blackout.

     Instead, the ""Beaver"" declared he would spike the story about Wallis Simpson and make sure his fellow media moguls sat on it too.

spike (plural spikes)

1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
3. An ear of grain.
4. (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
5. (in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
6. A sharp peak in a graph.
7. (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
8. (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
9. a surge in power.
10. (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
    • 1933: George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, p. 139.

      ""Deres tay spikes, and cocoa spikes, and skilly spikes.""

	spiga
	ear of grain
	botany: kind of inflorescence
	L'infiorescenza del grano
	The fruiting body of a grain plant.

	chiodo
	very large nail
	Oggetto di metallo appuntito usato per unire legno o materiali simili.
	A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials.

	picco
	sharp peak in a graph
	Una variazione brusca in un grafico.
	A sharp peak in a graph.

	alcolizzare
	Aggiungere alcol (alle bevande)
	Add alcohol to (beverages)

	amento
	botany: kind of inflorescence

	arpione
	anything resembling like a nail in shape

	cerbiatto
	zoology: an adolescent male deer

	lancia
	very large nail

	punta
	anything resembling like a nail in shape

	scarpa chiodata
	informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles

	schiacciata
	volleyball

	spuntone
	Un oggetto duro ed appuntito fatto di legno o di metallo.
	A hard, sharp object made of wood or metal.

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Altri significati:

An ear of grain.

(military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.

(journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.

(botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.

a surge in power.

(in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.

(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

To add a small amount of one substance to another.

(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

(slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

(zoology) An adolescent male deer.

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