spiking

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of driving a spike or nail into something, or the state of being spiked.

  - "He spent hours spiking the fence around his garden."
  - "The hiker accidentally stepped on a hidden nail and was spiked."

• Verb

  To introduce a large quantity of a substance into someone's body, typically by injection.

  - "The police spiked the suspect's drink with a sedative."
  - "The doctor spiked the baby with an immunization."

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Synonyms

attack , hit

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with spiking
mike , tyke , pike

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Variants

List of all variants of spiking that leads to same result
spike , spiked , spiker , spikers , spikes , spiking

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Forms

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spikes, spiked

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Etymology

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The word 'spike' comes from the Old English word 'spic', meaning 'point' or 'thorn'. The verb form 'spike' comes from the idea of driving a pointed object into something.

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Trivia

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1. The world record for the most spikes driven in one hour is held by a man named Bob O'Brien, who drove 2,613 spikes in an hour.

2. In the Middle Ages, spikes were used to secure the planks on the bottom of ships to prevent leaks.

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Related Concepts

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1. Nailing: The process of driving nails or spikes into materials to join them together or to attach them to a surface.

2. Spike protein: A protein found on the surface of some viruses, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Spike proteins help the virus attach to and enter human cells.

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Culture

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In literature, 'spiking' is used metaphorically to describe the act of sabotaging or ruining something. For example, in the novel 'The Great Gatsby', Tom Buchanan is described as having 'spiked' Gatsby's party by inviting Myrtle Wilson, who is married to another man.

How to Memorize "spiking"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a hammer and a nail. Visualize driving the nail into a piece of wood with the hammer. Repeat this image several times.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'spike' with the image of a sharp point or a nail.
   - Think of the sound of a hammer hitting a nail.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Spike = Sharp Point I Know Exist

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