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spike verb

  /spaɪk/
  • (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
 schiacciare
  • (American football, _, slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
 tagliare

spike noun

  /spaɪk/
  • An ear of corn or grain.
 spiga, amento
  • (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
 spiga, amento, infiorescenza a spiga
  • A sort of very large nail.
 chiodo, punta, spuntone, lancia, spunzone
  • (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
 punta, arpione
  • (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
 cerbiatto
  • 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.
 picco
  • (informal, mostly, in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
 scarpa chiodata
  • (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.
 schiacciata

spiked

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