spike
noun
/spaɪk/
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Ähre,
Getreideähre
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- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
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Ähre
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- A sort of very large nail.
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Nagel,
Spitze
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- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
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Nadel,
Spitze
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- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
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Schmetterball
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- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
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Spitze,
Stachel
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