name
Meaning 1
plural of Spike
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Standard Lemma guide
spikes
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rhymes with -aɪks
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CMU ARPABET: S P AY1 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of spike
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
A pair of athletic shoes equipped with spikes on the sole and heel for better traction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of spike strip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spike strip
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
third-person singular simple present indicative of spike
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: tretry — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
- Finnish: piikkitossut — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
- Finnish: piikkikengät — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
- Finnish: piikkarit — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
- French: crampons — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
- French: chaussures à pointes — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
- Polish: szpilki — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
- Spanish: chimpunes — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
- Swedish: dobbsko — A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole
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