Definition of Spike

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Definition of Spike

Spike

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

An ear of corn or grain.

A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.

To set or furnish with spikes.

To fix on a spike.

To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.

Spike lavender. See Lavender.

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Spike Quotations

Spike Lee is obviously more stupid than anyone can be by accident.
Dick Armey

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.
Spike Lee

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.
Tim Robbins

The thing about Buffy and Spike is they understand each other on a level that nobody else understands her.
Sarah Michelle Gellar

My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between.
Tony Visconti

Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a year. He says we have to rein it in, but he ignores the spending category that is the big spike in the budget.
John Spratt

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina.
Bob Ney

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one.
Judy Biggert

I've noticed a growth in Spike and definitely in myself. I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did.
Rosario Dawson

This filing spike is a result of bad information being pushed on people, and then they file for bankruptcy out of fear.
Steve Bartlett

Spike Translations

spike in German is festnageln, Stift
spike in Swedish is bult, pigg, tagg

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