/ spəʊk; NAmE spoʊk/ noun
one of the thin bars or long straight pieces of metal that connect the centre of a wheel to its outer edge, for example on a bicycle
—picture at bicycle
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IDIOMS
- put a spoke in sb's wheel
—see also speak , spoke , spoken verb
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English spāca , of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch speek , German Speiche , from the base of the verb spike .