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SPIKED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spiked mean?
• SPIKED (adjective)
The adjective SPIKED has 1 sense:
1. having a long sharp point
Familiarity information: SPIKED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a long sharp point
Similar:
pointed (having a point)
Context examples
Air temperatures over the bay, though they had generally warmed over past decades, they hadn't spiked markedly in 2008 to 2012.
(Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers, NASA)
By means of a secondary tackle I had attached to the shears, I swung the boom to a nearly perpendicular position, then lowered the butt to the deck, where, to prevent slipping, I spiked great cleats around it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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