Spike
nounid
131627·updated May 16, 2026“Spike” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- §2
- a large stout nail
- §3
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- §4
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- §5
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- §6
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping, or the shoes themselves
- §7
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- §8
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- §9
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- §10
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- §11
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
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Incoming relationships
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