Spiky

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spiky \Spik"y\ (sp[imac]k"[y^]), a.
     1. Like a spike; spikelike.
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              These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors.
                                                    --C. A. Young.


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     2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed
        with spikes.
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              Or by the spiky harrow cleared away.  --Dyer.
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              The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore.
                                                    --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spiky
       adj : having or as if having especially high-pitched spots;
             "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass" [syn: {peaky}]
       [also: {spikiest}, {spikier}]