Spiking is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SPIKING in dictionary:

VERB:
• SPIKE, to fasten with a long, thick nail
• impale on or pierce with a sharp point
• (of a newspaper editor) reject (a story) by or as if by filing it on a spike
• stop the progress of (a plan or undertaking); put an end to
• render (a gun) useless by plugging up the vent with a spike.
• form into or cover with sharp points
• take on a sharp, pointed shape
• increase and then decrease sharply; reach a peak
• add alcohol or a drug to contaminate (drink or food) surreptitiously
• add sharp or pungent flavouring to (food or drink)
• enrich (a nuclear reactor or its fuel) with a particular isotope
• (in volleyball) hit (the ball) forcefully from a position near the net so that it moves downward into the opposite court.
• fling (the ball) forcefully to the ground, typically in celebration of a touchdown or victory.
• injure (a player) with the spikes on one's shoes.
NOUN:
• a thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.
• a large stout nail, especially one used to fasten a rail to a railway sleeper.
• each of several metal points set into the sole of a running shoe to prevent slipping.
• a pair of running shoes with metal points set into the sole.
• a pointed metal rod standing on a base and used for filing paper items such as bills, or journalistic material considered for publication and rejected.
• a hypodermic needle.
• a sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of something
• a pulse of very short duration in which a rapid increase in voltage is followed by a rapid decrease.
• a hostel ward offering temporary accommodation for the homeless
• a flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to fasten with a spike (a long, thick nail)
• present participle of spike

Words related to SPIKING

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How to use SPIKING in a sentence

• The besieged made frequent sallies, spiking the guns of the besiegers, and again retiring behind their works.
• The indomitable Hungarians made many sallies, cutting down the gunners and spiking the guns, but they were always driven back with heavy loss.
• It is a bad practice, because there is a liability of being caught by the charge as it comes along the Bore, and having the wire bent, thus spiking the vent, for a while at least.
• The Rebels had left, as we expected, after spiking their guns and destroying most of their ammunition.
• Presently Mike went bowlegging to camp to start their dinner, and Murphy finished spiking the windlass to the platform on which it rested.
• After a desperate resistance on the part of the enemy, he succeeded in spiking the guns of the fort, and taking prisoner the commanding officer.

Similar words containing SPIK without suffix ing

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