Meaning

• Noun

  1. A sort of very large nail.
  2. A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
  3. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
  4. An ear of corn or grain.
  5. A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
  6. (informal) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
  7. A sharp peak in a graph.
  8. A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
  9. The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
  10. A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
  11. 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.
  12. An adolescent male deer.
  13. (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
  14. Spike lavender.
  15. Synonym of endpin.
  16. A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
  17. A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.

• Verb