All spike synonyms
spike
S s verb spike
- hop up β any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms.
- emaciate β (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
- muddied β abounding in or covered with mud.
- forfend β to defend, secure, or protect.
- boxed in β simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- forbid β to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
- hold in β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- draw off β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- clamp down β To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- burke β Edmund. 1729β97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- heat up β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- add β ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
- weighted β having additional weight.
- hold out on β to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information
- dummy up β a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- dry up β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- muddying β Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- constipate β to cause constipation in
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- doctor β a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- enrich β Improve or enhance the quality or value of.
- burked β to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
- adulterate β If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- corking β excellent
- constipating β to cause constipation in; make costive.
- hold down β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- intensify β to make intense or more intense.
- cue in β to add (dialogue, music, etc.) at a particular point in a script
- muck about β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
noun spike
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- battleax β If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battleax, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
- banderilla β a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
- herbs β Plural form of herb.
- leap β to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- bobber β a small float, traditionally made of cork, used in angling
- acicula β a needle-shaped part, such as a spine, prickle, or crystal
- foreland β a cape, headland, or promontory.
- howitzers β Plural form of howitzer.
- hunting knife β a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
- icicle β a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- horn β Cape. Cape Horn.
- nib β his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical: His nibs wants fresh strawberries in December.
- chock β a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- barong β a broad-bladed cleaver-like knife used in the Philippines
- backsword β a person who uses the backsword
- cutlass β A cutlass is a short sword that used to be used by sailors.
- floweret β a small flower; floret.