1. n. & v.
--n.
1. each of the bars running from the hub to the rim of a wheel.
2 a rung of a ladder.
3 each radial handle of the wheel of a ship etc.
--v.tr.
1. provide with spokes.
2 obstruct (a wheel etc.) by thrusting a spoke in.
Phrases and idioms:
put a spoke in a person's wheel Brit. thwart or hinder a person. spoke-bone the radius of the forearm.
Derivatives:
spokewise adv.
Etymology: OE spaca f. WG 2. past of SPEAK.