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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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spike
Hi,
I found this on the google books search and want to ask you how one knows the word 'spike' is a verb, as it seems here, when all my dictionaries say it is only a noun? I have encountered some words not listed in dictionaries in its functional terms (?) and want to ask you where I can go to check the use's validity.
I found this on the google books search and want to ask you how one knows the word 'spike' is a verb, as it seems here, when all my dictionaries say it is only a noun? I have encountered some words not listed in dictionaries in its functional terms (?) and want to ask you where I can go to check the use's validity.
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I don't think you've looked very hard. com/dictionary/liven < spiked the speech with humor> < spike the broth with peppers>5 : to drive (as a volleyball) sharply downward with a hard blow; also : to throw down sharply < spiked the ball in the end zone>6 : to undergo a sudden sharp increase in (temperature or fever) <the patient spiked a fever of 103°> intransitive verb : to increase sharply <battery sales spiked after the storm>
- I don't think you've looked very hard.
- com/dictionary/liven < spiked the speech with humor> < spike the broth with peppers>5 : to drive (as a volleyball) sharply downward with a hard blow; also : to throw down sharply < spiked the ball in the end zone>6 : to undergo a sudden sharp increase in (temperature or fever) <the patient spiked a fever of 103°> intransitive verb : to increase sharply <battery sales spiked after the storm>
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I don't think you've looked very hard.
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Main Entry:
2spike
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
spiked; spik·ing
Date:
1624
transitive verb1: to fasten or furnish with
www.m-w.com
Main Entry:
2spike
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
spiked; spik·ing
Date:
1624
transitive verb1: to fasten or furnish with
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