Word Meaning

spike definition and meaning

n. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
n. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
n. An ear of corn or grain.
n. A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
v. t. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
v. t. To set or furnish with spikes.
v. t. To fix on a spike.
v. t. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
n. Spike lavender. See Lavender.

Crossword clues for spike

- Abrupt increase
- Add alcohol to make a point
- Comic, ... Milligan
- Large nail
- Nail
- Prong
- Sharp metal projection
- Sharp point
- Small fish prong