Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having one or more projecting sharp points.
- adjective Grouchy or cross in temperament.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the shape of a spike; having a sharp point or points; spike-like.
- Set with spikes; covered with spikes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a spike; spikelike.
- adjective Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
spikes ,spiny .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or as if having especially high-pitched spots
Etymologies
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Examples
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Note teasing of bangs at crown: lower part of the bang is brushed down across forehead; upper part is brushed upward in spiky faux pompadour.
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“A surface coated in spiky polymer molecules destroys the flu virus at a touch,” Scientific American reported last month.
Biocidal Terrain 2006
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The problem with renewables is that most renewable types of generation are "spiky" - they are intermittent; they come at night.
unknown title 2009
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The problem with renewables is that most renewable types of generation are "spiky" - they are intermittent; they come at night.
unknown title 2009
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I had to think what you were referring to as the spiky pup, Pineapple Princess?
Bloom Day/Foliage Day Combo-February 2010 « Fairegarden 2010
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Colleagues recalled her spiky wit and den-mother affection for fellow writers.
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They say you're not a real person; they say you're a witch; they call us names, "said Runeyi, who wears her hair in short, spiky braids.
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Dypsis dracaenoides, which resembles another plant known as the spiky dragon tree.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Dypsis dracaenoides, which resembles another plant known as the spiky dragon tree.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Dypsis dracaenoides, which resembles another plant known as the spiky dragon tree.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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