spiked
SaySPYKT/spaɪkt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of spike. Use it for something that already happened, or after has or was.
Gas prices spiked right after the storm.
She spiked the ball over the net to win the point.
Note
- 2
- 3
- 4Of a chart or trend, having gone up very fast to its highest point.
The spiked line on the chart showed how fast flu cases jumped in one week.
Visits to the store's website showed a spiked pattern on the day of the big sale.
Showing meanings only.
spiked is a form of spike
spike, verb: To go up suddenly and by a lot. Full entry
- Spelling
- spike → spiked: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
Practice
Can you tell the meanings of spiked apart? Answer 3 quick questions from this page, or write your own sentence and AI will check it.