Definitions
1.verbTo fasten with spikes, or long, large nails."to spike down planks"
2.verbTo set or furnish with spikes.
3.verbTo embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
4.verbTo fix on a spike.
5.verbTo discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
6.verbTo increase sharply."Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads."
7.verbTo covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink."She spiked my lemonade with vodka!"
8.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."
9.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.
10.verbTo render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
11.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.
12.nounThe act by which something is spiked.