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Type Words
Synonyms spike heel, stiletto heel
Type of heel
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Synonyms fortify, lace
Type of change, alter, modify


the punch is spiked!.
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Synonyms spindle
Type of holding device


the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.
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Synonyms empale, impale, transfix
Type of thrust, pierce
Has types pin, spear
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Synonyms spike out
Type of develop
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Synonyms capitulum, ear
Type of fruit
Has types mealie
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Type of nail


they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie.
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Type of implement


one of the spikes impaled him.
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Type of projection
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Type of rise


the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor.
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Type of electrical discharge
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Type of inflorescence
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Type of point
Has types gaff


the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game.
golfers' spikes damage the putting greens.
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Type of increase


the voltage spiked.
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Type of secure, fasten, fix
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Type of sports equipment
Has types piton, pricket, crampoon, crampon, climbing iron, climber


spikes provide greater traction.
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Type of relegate, bar, banish

Examples of spike

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In fact, Hill added, there's been a spike in throat cancer over the last decade.
From the abcnews.go.com
They added that there had been no corresponding spike in radiation at the plant.
From the kentucky.com
The ensuing super spike went on to essentially cancel out United's cost savings.
From the businessweek.com
The oil price spike created a lethal mix of inflation and slow growth worldwide.
From the businessweek.com
Spike Lee's film, Do the Right Thing ushered in a new wave of black film-making.
From the guardian.co.uk
Expect a spike in the share price when full-year results are published in March.
From the independent.co.uk
The third nitrate spike is around the year 1060, when no supernova was reported.
From the newscientist.com
A dip in stocks was blamed for a sharp spike in Midwest gas prices in early May.
From the sacbee.com
Seems McCarthy's friend dressed up for her day in the city and wore spike heels.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • A transient variation in voltage or current
  • Stand in the way of
  • Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction"
  • Transfix: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
  • Ear: fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
  • Secure with spikes
  • Spike is a 2008 horror-romance directed by Robert Beaucage and starring Edward Gusts, Sarah Livingston Evans, Anna-Marie Wayne, Nancy P. Corbo, and Jared Edwards.
  • Spike is the first solo album by Japanese guitarist Agata of the band Melt-Banana. It was released on Tzadik in May 2004.
  • A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers -- flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels -- along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. ...