spike
To fasten with spikes, or long, large nailsTo fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
» I think someone spiked the punch.
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13 sensesTo fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
to spike down planks
secure with spikes
To set or furnish with spikes.
bring forth a spike or spikes
To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
To fix on a spike.
(figuratively)To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
To increase sharply.
Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads.
in die Höhe schießen
подска́киватьpodskákivatʹ, подскочи́тьpodskočítʹ
manifest a sharp increase
To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
She spiked my lemonade with vodka!
add alcohol to (beverages)
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.
To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
атакова́тьatakovátʹ, напада́тьnapadátʹ, уда́ритьudáritʹ
To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
(slang)To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
to spike the football
(slang)To inject a drug with a syringe.
Examples
77 sentencesI think someone spiked the punch.
I think somebody spiked the punch.
Tom may have spiked the punch.
Did you really spike the orange juice?
I think that someone spiked the punch.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English spike, spyke, spik, from Old Norse spík (“spike, sprig”), from Proto-GFrom Middle English spike, spyke, spik, from Old Norse spík (“spike, sprig”), from Proto-Germanic *spīkō (“stick, splinter, point”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“to be pointed; sharp point, stick”). Cognate with Icelandic spík (“spike”), Swedish spik (“spike, nail”), Dutch spijker (“nail”), Old English spīcing (“spike”), and Latin spīca (“ear of corn”), which may have influenced some senses.
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Forms
spikes, spiking, spiked, spikedSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle