spike

spike
01. The top of the wall was lined with broken glass and steel [spikes] to keep people from climbing over.
02. Jung has his hair gelled into [spikes] that stick straight up from his head.
03. The [spikes] on the cactus are super sharp and really hurt if you touch them.
04. Some species of dinosaurs had large [spikes] on their tails or backs for defense.
05. The runner [spiked] the catcher in the ankle when he slid into home.
06. He scratched up our wooden floors when he came in wearing a pair of [spiked] golf shoes.
07. The soldiers wore helmets with large silver [spikes] on top.
08. The men were busy pounding [spikes] into the railroad tracks.
09. Yukiko jumped up and [spiked] the ball right into the face of a player on the other team.
10. If I had known you guys were playing soccer, I would have brought my [spikes] and joined you.
11. There are two kinds of punch for the party. The punch in the white bowl has been [spiked] with rum.
12. Two men held the vampire down while a third drove a silver [spike] into its heart.
13. The child had to be rushed to the hospital when her temperature suddenly [spiked] and she lost consciousness.
14. A male moose can have as many as 30 [spikes] on its antlers.
15. Housing prices [spiked] after mortgage rates dropped.
16. Professional volleyball players are able to [spike] the ball at a speed of over 75 miles an hour.
17. She looked really cool with her pink [spiky] hair.
18. The dog was wearing a leather collar dotted with silver [spikes].
19. Someone [spiked] the fruit punch at the party with vodka.
20. The young girl was apparently raped after her drink was [spiked] with some kind of sleeping pill.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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Synonyms:
(of grain), /


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  • Spike — (engl. ‚Spitze‘) steht für: Spikes (Reifen), Stifte im Profil von Reifen Schuhspikes, Gleitschutz für das Gehen auf glattem Untergrund Spikes (Leichtathletik), in der Leichtathletik Schuhe mit an der Sohle angebrachten Dornen Spike (HiFi), ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Spike — [ʃpai̮k], der; s, s: 1. 1Stift (1) an den Schuhsohlen von Läufern oder an Autoreifen, der das [Aus]gleiten verhindert: Schuhe, Autoreifen mit Spikes. 2. <Plural> Laufschuhe, an deren Sohlen sich Spikes (1) befinden: ein Paar Spikes; mit… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • spike — spike1 [spīk] n. [ME < ON spīkr, a nail, spike, or < MDu & MLowG spīker, both ult. < IE base * (s)p(h)ei , sharp, pointed splinter > SPIT1, SPOKE1, L spica, ear of grain, spina,SPINE] 1. a long, heavy nail 2. a sh …   English World dictionary

  • Spike — Spike, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[=i]k; all perhaps from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Spine}.] 1. A sort… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spike — spike; spike·let; spike·man; spike·nard; un·spike; hand·spike; …   English syllables

  • Spike — Spike, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spiked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiking}.] 1. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks. [1913 Webster] 2. To set or furnish with spikes. [1913 Webster] 3. To fix on a spike. [R.] Young. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spike — Spike, n. [Cf. G. spieke, L. spica an ear of grain. See {Spikenard}.] (Bot.) Spike lavender. See {Lavender}. [1913 Webster] {Oil of spike} (Chem.), a colorless or yellowish aromatic oil extracted from the European broad leaved lavender, or aspic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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