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The correct spelling is spike.
How to pronounce spike
/spaɪk/
nounIPA: /spaɪk/
Say it like: Spi-ke
The correct spelling is spike. In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument. For example: "The trap was lined with spikes."
Usage Examples
“The trap was lined with spikes.”
“oil of spike”
“to spike down planks”
Meanings
noun
- 1.In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.
- 2.The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.
- 3.A sort of very large nail.
- 4.A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- 5.Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
verb
- 1.To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- 2.To set or furnish with spikes.
- 3.To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- 4.To fix on a spike.
- 5.To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
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