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1.nounIn a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.
2.nounThe spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.
3.nounA sort of very large nail.
4.nounA piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward."The trap was lined with spikes."
5.nounAnything resembling such a nail in shape.
6.nounAn ear of corn or grain.
7.nounA kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
8.noun(chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
9.nounA sharp peak in a graph.
10.nounA surge in power or in the price of a commodity etc.
11.nounThe long, narrow part of a high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
12.nounA long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
13.nounAn attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
14.nounAn adolescent male deer.
15.nounThe casual ward of a workhouse.
16.nounSpike lavender."oil of spike"
17.verbTo fasten with spikes, or long, large nails."to spike down planks"
18.verbTo set or furnish with spikes.
19.verbTo embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
20.verbTo fix on a spike.
21.verbTo discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
22.verbTo increase sharply."Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads."
23.verbTo covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink."She spiked my lemonade with vodka!"
24.verbTo add a small amount of one substance to another."The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents."
25.verbTo attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
26.verbTo render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
27.verb(football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.