Synonym: impale, pierce, puncture, spear, stab. Similar words: pike, turnpike, spiky, like, hike, bike, alike, strike. Meaning: [spaɪk] n. 1. a transient variation in voltage or current 2. sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes 3. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn 4. (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis 5. a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline 6. a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall 7. a long sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal) 8. any holding device consisting of a sharp-pointed object 9. a long metal nail. v. 1. stand in the way of 2. pierce with a sharp stake or point 3. secure with spikes 4. bring forth a spike or spikes 5. add alcohol to (beverages) 6. manifest a sharp increase.
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61. Spike looked at her as if she was a complete idiot.
62. In the dark she had hammered at him as if she were driving a spike.
63. A hard hat can protect you from having a metal spike go through your skull and into your brain.
64. For a moment he hesitated, savouring the moment, then centred the metal spike and pushed.
65. The bright red stool that sat closest to the register and the threateningly sharp check spike was the least used.
66. Patients with generalized epilepsy often show generalized spike and wave discharges.
67. And then Doreen entered the dining-room, walking carefully on her high spike heels.
68. In the street below the house with the dome people were pausing to look up at the arrows in the spike.
69. Spike grabbed both ants with his fingers and squeezed the heads until the bodies fell away.
70. It lasts 10-15 seconds during which time the EEG shows generalized 3-per-second spike and wave discharges.
71. The EEG typically shows a spike and wave pattern that is slower than the 3-per-second discharges associated with absence attacks.
72. Wright caught the eye of filmmaker Spike Lee, who featured him in a jeans commercial.
73. As she sits down,(www.Sentencedict.com) Honey leans towards Spike and whispers.
74. Prices often rally to retest spike day's high.
75. He's spoken the words of Shakespeare and Spike Lee.
76. Spike Frequency Adaptation and Negative Feedback Linearization.
77. A spike is quicker than a slam.
78. The hottest new zone for pirates is West Africa, whose oil-rich Gulf of Guinea has seen a spike in attacks this year.
79. Therefore the operator we seek is the differential of a spike.
80. The model can be used to forecast the system marginal price and price spike for.
81. TLS.AX) and Internet security specialists MessageLabs show a four-fold spike in the number of times employers have blocked access to social networking sites between June 2008 and April 2009.
82. Spike Milligan has finally got the gong he had been promised.
83. The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor.
84. The advantages of using regular laser pulse spikes for drilling and the selection of pulse spike parameters are discussed.
85. The Decoction for Regulating the Flow of Qi and Removing Stagnation could enhance spike potential activities in abomasal pyloric antrum, duodenum and jejunum.
86. Certain street drugs, such as cocaine and methamphetamine, can cause a spike.
87. Here's why: Because the muesli (low-GI) breakfast was more slowly digested, it didn't spike blood-glucose levels as high as the cornflake (high-GI) breakfast did.
88. You can plant a Booby Trap on a Tiberium Spike.
89. Spike length increased exponentially with tiller height in an allometry way, and spike biomass increased linearly with tiller biomass in an isogony way in P. chinampoensis population.
90. In 1992, Spike Lee set off a bout of "Malcolmania," with his three-hour-plus film.
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