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Synonyms for SPIKE
spaɪkspike
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Wiktionary
spikenoun
spikeverb
spikeverb
To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.
spikeverb
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.
spikeverb
An ear of grain.
spikeverb
A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
spikenoun
(in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
Princeton's WordNet
spikenoun
a transient variation in voltage or current
Synonyms:
capitulum, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earspikenoun
sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
"spikes provide greater traction"
Synonyms:
capitulum, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earear, spike, capitulumnoun
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
Synonyms:
capitulum, head, stiletto heel, pinna, ear, auricle, spindle, spike heel, spikespikenoun
(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
Synonyms:
capitulum, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earspikenoun
a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
"the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
Synonyms:
capitulum, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earspike heel, spike, stiletto heelnoun
a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
Synonyms:
capitulum, spike, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earspikenoun
each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
"the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game"; "golfers' spikes damage the putting greens"
Synonyms:
capitulum, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earspikenoun
a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
Synonyms:
capitulum, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earspikenoun
a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
"one of the spikes impaled him"
Synonyms:
capitulum, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earspike, spindlenoun
any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
"the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"
Synonyms:
capitulum, stiletto heel, ear, mandril, arbor, spike, spindle, spike heel, mandrelspikeverb
a large stout nail
"they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie"
Synonyms:
capitulum, spindle, stiletto heel, spike heel, earspikeverb
stand in the way of
transfix, impale, empale, spikeverb
pierce with a sharp stake or point
"impale a shrimp on a skewer"
Synonyms:
fascinate, stake, empale, impale, fortify, spellbind, grip, spike out, transfix, lace, spikespikeverb
secure with spikes
spike, spike outverb
bring forth a spike or spikes
"my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"
Synonyms:
empale, lace, spike, fortify, transfix, spike out, impalespike, lace, fortifyverb
add alcohol to (beverages)
"the punch is spiked!"
Synonyms:
interlace, fortify, entwine, fort, enlace, impale, arm, strengthen, spike, lace, transfix, build up, braid, lace up, twine, gird, spike out, beef up, plait, intertwine, empalespikeverb
manifest a sharp increase
"the voltage spiked"
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
spikenoun
spikenoun
Synonyms:
large nail
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "spike":
pic, enrichment, spur, fortification, peak, spiking, ridge, arrow, doping
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Spike":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#692 | head | |
#1551 | hit | |
#2262 | attack | |
#2341 | fort | |
#2402 | pic | |
#3039 | peak | |
#3230 | arm | |
#4352 | ridge | |
#4593 | ear | |
#4644 | cluster | |
#5545 | arrow | |
#7245 | grip | |
#7682 | lace | |
#7738 | strengthen | |
#9992 | stake | |
#9997 | arbor | |
#10285 | spike | |
#14099 | enrichment | |
#16623 | spindle | |
#16720 | spur | |
#26588 | braid | |
#27297 | doping | |
#43915 | twine | |
#50635 | fortification | |
#57522 | fortify | |
#62375 | spiking | |
#64900 | mandrel | |
#66425 | enlace | |
#74436 | interlace | |
#79233 | fascinate | |
#97695 | plait | |
#102581 | gird | |
#111526 | intertwine | |
#130160 | pinna | |
#141173 | impale | |
#150526 | entwine | |
#164987 | auricle | |
#263808 | catkin | |
#264407 | capitulum | |
#278343 | raceme | |
#312134 | umbel |
How to use SPIKE in a sentence?
My view is that unemployment will spike, come back, but then take some time to heal, if we make a full recovery, it's more likely next year than this year.
There was a particular spike during the pandemic years.
We had really great progress and then yesterday, I got a phone call saying that [Cordero]had aninfection in his lung, a new infection that caused his fever to spike way above normal, which caused his blood pressure to drop, which caused his heart to go into irregular patterns, he lost consciousness, he lost his pulse and they had to resuscitatehim.
This spike in assaults on law enforcement officers comes at a time in which law enforcement is seemingly under attack on all fronts, activists have called for (some successfully) de-funding of police, while prosecutors in cities across America have made clear their intention to decriminalize everything from theft to prostitution. It’s hard to imagine the two trends are not closely related.
I think most people have this idea that homicides and assaults are the result of robberies gone bad, and there is a fair amount of that. But actually, a lot of the violence we're seeing during the spike…and that was there before the spike, as well, is really conflicts that develop between individuals.
Translations for SPIKE
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- تصاعدArabic
- urpa, espigaCatalan, Valencian
- smečCzech
- pig, aks, spiger, top, nagle, spids, pigskoDanish
- Nagel, Spitze, Getreideähre, Stachel, ÄhreGerman
- στάχυGreek
- spikoEsperanto
- punta, espiga, pico, pincho, clavoSpanish
- piikki, tähkäFinnish
- crampons, épiFrench
- פרץHebrew
- schiacciata, picco, scarpa chiodata, lancia, arpione, spiga, chiodo, amento, punta, cerbiattoItalian
- 牡鹿, 針, 穂, スパイク靴, 穂状花序, スパイクJapanese
- ಸ್ಪೈಕ್Kannada
- spicaLatin
- spikeNorwegian
- espicOccitan
- kolecPolish
- espinho, Espigão, espigaPortuguese
- spigia, spia, speiaRomansh
- țăruș, piron, spicRomanian
- нападать, атаковать, костыль, ударить, нагель, удар, штырь, атакa, шип, клин, шиповки, нападающий удар, колос, атакующий удар, шпиль, остриё, скачокRussian
- ipiga, ispiga, ispica, spigaSardinian
- клинSerbo-Croatian
- สไปค์Thai
- mũi nhọnVietnamese
- spigVolapük
- 穗Chinese
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