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Meaning:
Noun:
- An ear of grain.
- Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
- a surge in power.
- botany A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- zoology An adolescent male deer.
- (''in plural'' '''spikes'''; ''informal'') Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
- (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- 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.
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Verb:
- journalism To decide not to publish or make public.
- military To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.
- 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.
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