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Meaning of spike

- A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
- Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
- Spike lavender. See Lavender.

Crossword clue for spike

- Abrupt increase
- Add alcohol to make a point
- Comic, ... Milligan
- Large nail
- Nail
- Prong
- Sharp metal projection
- Sharp point
- Small fish prong