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Synonyms for spike

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

2. Attack — to attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor…

hit, attack

3. Lace

lace, fortify

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A sort of very large nail.

  2. v. 1

    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.

  3. v. 2

    To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.

  4. v. 3

    To set or furnish with spikes.

Forms

Plural
spikes → ears, heads, capitulums, fangs…
Past participle
spiked
e.g. spiked → impaled, transfixed, empaled, attacked…

Example sentences

  • fang Read the lessons in "Spoken Hokkien" by Meili Fang.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
spikesteady
capitulumfalling
fangfalling
gadsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
hit1, ear1, gad1
4 letters
head1, spit1, lace1, cobb1, fang1
5 letters
stake1, spine1
6 letters
attack2, scotch1, impale2, endpin, empale
7 letters
spindle2, fortify3
8 letters
transfix2
9 letters
inoculate4, capitulum

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (attack2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
clou
Italiano
chiodo
Español
clavo
Deutsch
Nagel