Spike vs. Pike

Spikenoun

A sort of very large nail.

Spikenoun

A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.

Spikenoun

Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

Spikenoun

An ear of corn or grain.

Spikenoun

(botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

Spikenoun

A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.

Spikenoun

A sharp peak in a graph.

Spikenoun

A surge in power or in the price of a commodity etc.

Spikenoun

The long, narrow part of a high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.

Spikenoun

A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.

Spikenoun

(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.

Spikenoun

(zoology) An adolescent male deer.

Spikenoun

The casual ward of a workhouse.

Spikenoun

Spike lavender.

Spikenoun

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Spikeverb

To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.

Spikeverb

To set or furnish with spikes.

Spikeverb

To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.

Spikeverb

To fix on a spike.

Spikeverb

To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.

Spikeverb

To increase sharply.

Spikeverb

To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.

Spikeverb

To add a small amount of one substance to another.

Spikeverb

(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.

Spikeverb

(military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.

Spikeverb

(football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.

Spikenoun

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

Spikenoun

Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

Spikenoun

An ear of corn or grain.

Spikenoun

A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

Spikenoun

Spike lavender. See Lavender.

Spikeverb

To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.

Spikeverb

To set or furnish with spikes.

Spikeverb

To fix on a spike.

Spikeverb

To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.

Spikenoun

a transient variation in voltage or current

Spikenoun

sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes;

Spikenoun

fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

Spikenoun

(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

Spikenoun

a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline;

Spikenoun

a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall

Spikenoun

a long sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

Spikenoun

any holding device consisting of a long sharp-pointed object

Spikenoun

a long metal nail

Spikeverb

stand in the way of

Spikeverb

pierce with a sharp stake or point;

Spikeverb

secure with spikes

Spikeverb

bring forth a spike or spikes;

Spikeverb

add alcohol beverages

Spikeverb

manifest a sharp increase;

Pikenoun

A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.

Pikenoun

A sharp point, such as that of the weapon.

Pikenoun

A large dry]] before adding to a haystack.

Pikenoun

Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.

Pikenoun

A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.

Pikenoun

A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.

Pikenoun

Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.

Pikenoun

(obsolete) A pick, a pickaxe.

Pikenoun

A hayfork.

Pikenoun

A penis.

Pikenoun

A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.

Pikeverb

(transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.

Pikeverb

To assume a pike position.

Pikeverb

To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.

Pikeverb

Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.

Pikeverb

(intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.

Pikeverb

To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.

Pikenoun

A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

Pikenoun

A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.

Pikenoun

A hayfork.

Pikenoun

A pick.

Pikenoun

A pointed or peaked hill.

Pikenoun

A large haycock.

Pikenoun

A turnpike; a toll bar.

Pikenoun

A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; - called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.

Pikenoun

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Pikenoun

highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

Pikenoun

a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)

Pikenoun

medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet

Pikenoun

any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere