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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
spike
n 1: a transient variation in voltage or current
2: sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a
shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction"
3: fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn [syn: ear,
spike, capitulum]
4: (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile
flowers on an unbranched axis
5: a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; "the seismograph
showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
6: a very high narrow heel on women's shoes [syn: spike heel,
spike, stiletto heel]
7: 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"
8: a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall
(or a dinosaur)
9: a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal); "one of
the spikes impaled him"
10: any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed
object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in
order" [syn: spike, spindle]
11: a large stout nail; "they used spikes to fasten the rails to
a railroad tie"
v 1: stand in the way of
2: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike]
3: secure with spikes
4: bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are
spiking now" [syn: spike, spike out]
5: add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn:
spike, lace, fortify]
6: manifest a sharp increase; "the voltage spiked"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Spike \Spike\, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D.
spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[imac]k; all perhaps
from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of
nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. Spine.]
1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron
set with points upward or outward.
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2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
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He wears on his head the corona radiata . . .; the
spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun.
--Addison.
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3. An ear of corn or grain.
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4. (Bot.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers
are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
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Spike grass (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American
grasses (Uniola paniculata, and Uniola latifolia)
having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.
Spike rush. (Bot.) See under Rush.
Spike shell (Zool.), any pteropod of the genus Styliola
having a slender conical shell.
Spike team, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen,
harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span.
[U.S.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Spike \Spike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spiked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiking.]
1. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike
down planks.
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2. To set or furnish with spikes.
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3. To fix on a spike. [R.] --Young.
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4. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike
nail, or the like into it.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Spike \Spike\, n. [Cf. G. spieke, L. spica an ear of grain. See
Spikenard.] (Bot.)
Spike lavender. See Lavender.
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Oil of spike (Chem.), a colorless or yellowish aromatic oil
extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or
aspic (Lavendula Spica), used in artist's varnish and in
veterinary medicine. It is often adulterated with oil of
turpentine, which it much resembles.
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5. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
spike
v.
1. To defeat a selection mechanism by introducing a (sometimes temporary)
device that forces a specific result. The word is used in several
industries; telephone engineers refer to spiking a relay by inserting a pin
to hold the relay in either the closed or open state, and railroaders refer
to spiking a track switch so that it cannot be moved. In programming
environments it normally refers to a temporary change, usually for testing
purposes (as opposed to a permanent change, which would be called
hardwired).
2. [borderline techspeak] A visible peak in an otherwise rather constant
graph (e.g. a sudden surge in line voltage, an unexpected short ?high? on a
logical line in a circuit). Hackers frequently use this for a sudden short
increase in some quantity such as system load or network traffic.
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6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
spike
To defeat a selection mechanism by introducing a
(sometimes temporary) device that forces a specific result.
The word is used in several industries; telephone engineers
refer to spiking a relay by inserting a pin to hold the relay
in either the closed or open state, and railroaders refer to
spiking a track switch so that it cannot be moved. In
programming environments it normally refers to a temporary
change, usually for testing purposes (as opposed to a
permanent change, which would be called hard-coded).
(1999-10-18)
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Thesaurus Results for spike:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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