spike
A sort of very large nail.
Noun 4 meanings
A sort of very large nail.
A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
“The trap was lined with spikes.”
Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
An ear of corn or grain.
Verb 4 meanings
To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
“to spike down planks”
To set or furnish with spikes.
To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
To fix on a spike.
Etymology
From Middle English spike, spyke, spik, from Old Norse spík (“spike, sprig”), from Proto-Germanic *spīkō (“stick, splinter, point”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“to be pointed; sharp point, stick”).
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SPIKE at a glance
SPIKE has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + I 1 + K 5 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,496 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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