SPIKE


Meaning of SPIKE in English

(~s)

1.

A ~ is a long piece of metal with a sharp point.

...a 15-foot wall topped with iron ~s...

Yellowing receipts had been impaled on a metal ~.

N-COUNT

2.

Any long pointed object can be referred to as a ~.

Her hair stood out in ~s.

...a long ~ of white flowers.

N-COUNT: usu with supp

3.

If there is a ~ in the price, volume, or amount of something, the price, volume, or amount of it suddenly increases.

Although you’d think business would have boomed during the war, there was only a small ~ in interest.

N-COUNT: oft N in n

4.

Spikes are a pair of sports shoes with pointed pieces of metal attached to the soles. They help runners’ feet to grip the ground when they are running.

N-PLURAL: also a pair of n

5.

see also ~d

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