spike

spike
spike
spike1 [spīk]
n.
[ME < ON spīkr, a nail, spike, or < MDu & MLowG spīker, both ult. < IE base * (s)p(h)ei-, sharp, pointed splinter > SPIT1, SPOKE1, L spica, ear of grain, spina,SPINE]
1. a long, heavy nail
2. a sharp-pointed part or projection, usually slender and of metal, as along the top of an iron fence, etc.
3. any long, slender, pointed object, as the unbranched antler of a young deer
4.
a) any of a number of sharp or pointed metal projections on the soles, and often on the heels, of shoes used for baseball, golf, track, etc. to prevent slipping
b) [pl.] a pair of such shoes
c) a high, very thin heel on a woman's shoe: also spike heel
5. a young mackerel not more than six inches long
6.
a) a transient wave or variation in potential difference that propagates along a nerve axon
b) a graphic recording or tracing of this, as any of the jagged peaks in an electroencephalogram
7. a sudden, rapid rise, as in blood pressure
vt.
spiked, spiking
1. to fasten or fit with or as with a spike or spikes
2. to mark, pierce, cut, etc. with a spike or spikes, or impale on a spike
3. to make (a cannon) unusable by driving a spike into the touchhole
4. to cause to rise suddenly and rapidly
5. to thwart, frustrate, or block (a scheme, etc.)
6. Slang to add a substance, as a narcotic or other drug, to (a drink, food, etc.); specif., to add alcoholic liquor to (a drink)
7. Baseball to injure with the spikes on one's shoes
8. Football to throw (the football) to the ground, esp. in celebration of scoring a touchdown
9. Volleyball to leap into the air while close to the net and smash (the ball) into the opponents' court
vi.
to rise suddenly and rapidly
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hang up one's spikes
Informal to retire, as from a professional sport
spike2 [spīk]
n.
[ME spik < L spica: see SPIKE1]
1. an ear of grain
2. an unbranched flower cluster with stalkless flowers attached directly to the central axis: see INFLORESCENCE
spiked
adj.

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