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Definizione monolingua


spike


Verb

spike (third-person singular simple present spikes, present participle spiking, simple past and past participle spiked)


  1. To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.
  2. To add a small amount of one substance to another.
    The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents.
  3. (volleyball) 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.
  4. (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
    He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer’s hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun. — Frederick Marryat, ""Peter Simple"", 1834
  5. (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.
    • October 14, 2002, Jonathan Sale, The Guardian, Edward VIII news blackout.
      Instead, the ""Beaver"" declared he would spike the story about Wallis Simpson and make sure his fellow media moguls sat on it too.
Noun

spike (plural spikes)


  1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
  2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
  3. An ear of grain.
  4. (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
  5. (in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
  6. A sharp peak in a graph.
  7. (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
  8. (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
  9. a surge in power.
  10. (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
    • 1933: George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, p. 139.
      ""Deres tay spikes, and cocoa spikes, and skilly spikes.""

Definizione dizionario spike


spiga
  ear of grain
  botany: kind of inflorescence
  L'infiorescenza del grano
  The fruiting body of a grain plant.
chiodo
  very large nail
  Oggetto di metallo appuntito usato per unire legno o materiali simili.
  A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials.
picco
  sharp peak in a graph
  Una variazione brusca in un grafico.
  A sharp peak in a graph.
alcolizzare
  Aggiungere alcol (alle bevande)
  Add alcohol to (beverages)
amento
  botany: kind of inflorescence
arpione
  anything resembling like a nail in shape
cerbiatto
  zoology: an adolescent male deer
lancia
  very large nail
punta
  anything resembling like a nail in shape
scarpa chiodata
  informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles
schiacciata
  volleyball
spuntone
  Un oggetto duro ed appuntito fatto di legno o di metallo.
  A hard, sharp object made of wood or metal.
alzarsi

Altri significati:
  An ear of grain.
  (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
  (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.
  (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
  To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.
  a surge in power.
  (in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
  (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
  To add a small amount of one substance to another.
  (volleyball) 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.
  Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
  (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
  A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
  (zoology) An adolescent male deer.

Traduzione spike


spiga ,chiodo ,picco ,alcolizzare ,amento

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