spike
spike is a 5-letter English word with 26 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
- noun. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- noun. An ear of corn or grain.
- noun. A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- transitive verb. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
- transitive verb. To set or furnish with spikes.
- transitive verb. To fix on a spike.
- transitive verb. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
- noun. Spike lavender. See Lavender.
- noun. sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
"spikes provide greater traction"
- noun. a large stout nail
"they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie"
- noun. any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
"the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"
- noun. a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
"one of the spikes impaled him"
- noun. a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- noun. 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"
- noun. a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- noun. a transient variation in voltage or current
- noun. a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
"the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
- noun. (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- noun. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- verb. manifest a sharp increase
"the voltage spiked"
- verb. add alcohol to (beverages)
"the punch is spiked!"
- verb. bring forth a spike or spikes
"my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"
- verb. secure with spikes
- verb. pierce with a sharp stake or point
"impale a shrimp on a skewer"
- verb. stand in the way of
Synonyms
spindle, capitulum, ear, fortify, lace, empale, impale, transfix
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spike:
Common word forms
spiked, spiker, spikes, spiking
Words from these letters
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