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    [Noun]  | "spike" | \ ˈspīk \


    1: a very large nail

    2: one of a row of pointed irons placed (as on the top of a wall) to prevent passage

    3: one of several metal projections set in the sole and heel of a shoe to improve traction


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, probably from Old Norse spīk splinter & spīkr spike; akin to Middle Dutch spiker spike {mat|spoke|};

    [Noun]  | "spike" 


    1: an ear of grain

    2: an elongated inflorescence similar to a raceme but having the flowers sessile on the main axis


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English spik, from Latin spica{mat|spine|};

    [Noun]  | "spike heel" 


    1: a very high tapering heel used on women's shoes

    2: shoes with spike heels


    Origin: 1926 ;

    [Noun]  | "spike lavender" | \ ˈspīk- \


    1: a European mint (Lavandula latifolia) related to true lavender


    Origin: 1607 ;

     Alteration of English dialect spick lavender;

    [Noun]  | "spike protein" 


    1: a glycoprotein that protrudes from the envelope of some viruses (such as a coronavirus) and facilitates entry of the virion into a host cell by binding to a receptor on the surface of a host cell followed by fusion of the viral and host cell membranes —called also S protein


    Origin: 1969 ;

    [Noun]  | "spike-tooth harrow" | \ ˈspīk-ˈtüth- \


    1: a harrow with straight steel teeth set in horizontal bars


    Origin: 1926 ;

    [Verb]  | "spike" 


    1: to fasten or furnish with spikes

    2: to disable (a muzzle-loading cannon) temporarily by driving a spike into the vent

    3: to suppress or block completely


    Origin: 1624 ;

    [Idiom]  | "spike someone's guns" 


    1: to ruin an opponent's plans

    [Verb]  | "spike" 


    1: to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object;


      * e.g., " ... scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey "





    2: to give life, vigor, or spirit to;


      * e.g., " ... he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes "



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     [ "spike" ]

    1: A syringe. Drug slang in the US.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey man I'm sick as shit. You got a spike I can borrow?" 

     [ "spike" ]

    1: Cool vampire with a soul

      * e.g.,  ... Spike is way cooler than Angel 

     [ "spike" ]

    1: The hottest, most sexiest character ever created for TV... thatk u Joss Whedon.

      * e.g.,  ... But I want you to know I did save you. Not when it counted, of course, but ... after that. Every night after that. I'd see it all again ... do something different. Faster or more clever, you know? Dozens of times, lots of different ways ... (softly) Every night I save you. 


     [ "spike" ]

    2: Did I mention this hotty is a vampire... with a soul.... that he earned... unlike bloddy stupid angel whose hair ges straight up... and therefore deserved to shanshu instead of Angel... who I might add was CURSED with his soul... can LOSE it if he sleeps with his true love... and was an asshole before he was turned.

     [ "spike" ]

    1:  a syringe

      * e.g.,  ...  My spike's been dry for the whole day, I need to fill it up again 


     [ "spike" ]

    2:  to inject with a syringe

      * e.g.,  ...  Did you try that dope yet? 

     [ "spike" ]

    1: slang term for a member of the Anglican Church who favors and is at times outright preoccupied with Anglo-Catholic ritual and observance and is a general know-it-all and smart ass about all such matters. Often characterized as a fussy, effeminate younger male, either clergy or layman.

      * e.g.,  ... He loved candles, bells, incense, fiddleback chasubles; the whole liturgical nine yards. He couldn't imagine church being any other way. In other words, a classic spike. 


     [ "spike" ]

    2: The term may have arisen from humorous observations on the extreme inflexibility and "uprightness" of such individuals as well as their tendency to be very temperamental, or spiky.

     [ "spike" ]

    1: Waking up in the morning with a massive hard-on.

      * e.g.,  ... I woke up with a spike. 

     [ "spike" ]

    1: To knock an airborne character downward at an angle such that the character has no chance of making it back to the stage. Used in the Nintendo Classic Super Smash Bros., and its sequel SSB Melee, to define all such moves. Also known as a Meteor Smash; however, certain moves that spike aren't classified as Meteors, such as Fox's Shine Spike, in which he uses his reflector to knock an opponent downward. Very 133

      * e.g.,  ... Falco has mad spiking skillz. His down+a has arguably the greatest knockback in the game, with no delay. 

     [ "spike" ]

    1: in volleyball, a spike is what you see when 1 member of a team pounds the shit out of the ball into the opposing, team's side of the court. May or may not result in a point.

      * e.g.,  ... it will result in a point if a pussy on the other team goes out of the way instead of digging it. 

     [ "spike" ]

    1: Act of shooting dope

      * e.g.,  ... I'm gonna spike this hot shot right after I cook up. 

     [ "spike" ]

    1: To withhold a newpaper story.

      * e.g.,  ... Sorry, your story was spiked. Too controversial. 

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