spikes
Graph's sudden jumps
Spikes are sharp, pointed projections.
Metal spikes top fences to deter climbing.
Athletes wear spiked shoes for traction on tracks and playing fields—the shoes themselves are called spikes.
A spike in data is a sudden sharp increase: a spike in unemployment.
To spike is to impale, to add alcohol secretly to a drink, or in volleyball, to slam the ball downward.
To spike a story is to kill it before publication.
Spiked sports shoes
- trackPath or monitored route
- runningSwift foot travel
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- athleticsCompetitive physical activities
traction · grip · turf · field · cross-country · javelin · discus · cinder
Sudden powerful increase
- peakUtmost height attained
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- riseMove to higher position
- increaseGrowth in amount
anomaly · outlier · graph · chart · sudden · sharp · traffic · voltage
Wobbly semi-solid substance
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
- mohawkCentral standing hair strip
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- stylingArranging for appearance
stiff · upright · tips · edgy · product · wax · sculpted · texture
Fence of pointed stakes
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- deterrentThing that discourages action
wall · gate · top · anti-climb · security · perimeter · impalement · stockade
cleats
Spiked sports shoes
athletics · traction · grip · turf · field · cross-country · javelin · discus · cinder · rubber
surge
Sudden powerful increase
increase · anomaly · outlier · graph · chart · sudden · sharp · traffic · voltage · fever
gel
Wobbly semi-solid substance
styling · stiff · upright · tips · edgy · product · wax · sculpted · texture · volume
stilettos
Thin, high-heeled shoes
heel · runway · fashion · designer · walking · elegant · towering · slender
palisade
Fence of pointed stakes
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
deterrent · wall · gate · top · anti-climb · security · perimeter · impalement · stockade · rampart
shot
Quick liquor serving
add · lace · booze · alcohol · party · surreptitious · mixed · stronger · flask · pour
hit
Successful contact or strike
smash · setter · hitter · jump · power · block · net · point · swing · approach
- deterrentsguard dog, warning, security camera, penalty, padlock
- sharp pointsneedles, point, pins, tip, thorns
- sports gearbasketball, baseball, football, soccer ball, volleyball
- video game hazardslava, pits, enemies, traps, lasers
- fence toppersfinials, ball caps, flat caps, fleur-de-lis
- iron gate partshinges, latches, locks, pickets, rails
- spike stripRoad hazard for vehicles
- road spikesTire-deflating barrier device
- spiky hairStiff upward-pointing strands
- spiked punchAlcohol added covertly to drink
- rail spikeLarge nail securing tracks
- voltage spikesSudden increases in current
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