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spike noun

  /spaɪk/
  • (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.
ата́ка, атаку́ющий уда́р, напада́ющий уда́р, уда́р
  • A sort of very large nail.
клин, косты́ль, на́гель, штырь
  • An ear of corn or grain.
  • (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
ко́лос
  • (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
остриё, шип, шпиль, штырь
  • 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.
скачо́к
  • (informal, mostly, in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
шипо́вки

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.
атакова́ть, напада́ть, уда́рить
  • To increase sharply.
подска́кивать, подскочи́ть
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