verb Download 🔗Share To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails. Examples : "to spike down planks" action technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To set or furnish with spikes. Examples : "The construction workers spiked the new fence posts to prevent animals from getting through. " technical action item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people. Examples : "To prevent the tree from being cut down for the new road, someone spiked it with metal nails. " environment action agriculture weapon property nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fix on a spike. Examples : "The angry employee spiked the resignation letter on the boss's desk. " action item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To discard; to decide not to publish or make public. Examples : "The editor spiked the controversial article after concerns about its accuracy were raised. " media communication writing business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To increase sharply. Examples : "Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads." amount business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink. Examples : "She spiked my lemonade with vodka!" drink substance action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To add a small amount of one substance to another. Examples : "The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents." food drink substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To 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. Examples : "The volleyball player jumped high and spiked the ball, sending it crashing to the other team's side of the net. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole. Examples : "During the retreat, the soldiers spiked the cannons so the enemy couldn't use them. " military weapon technical war history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (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. Examples : "After catching the winning touchdown, the quarterback spiked the ball in celebration. " sport game action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a beverage) Containing alcohol or drugs, often without the informing those who partake. Examples : "The large punch bowl has the special spiked punch, the small punch bowl is for the kids." drink food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having spikes. Examples : "The punk rocker's jacket was spiked with dozens of silver studs. " nature appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of a graph or trend that has rapidly reached a maximum. Examples : "The graph showed a spiked increase in website traffic after the new product announcement. " statistics math technical business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading