Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spike up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
spike up
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to cause to become spiky

Transitive verb

verb

to become spiky

Intransitive verb

verb

to increase sharply

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

spikes up (present, singular) spiking up (participle, present) spiked up (participle, past) spiked up (past)

Questions

What does spike up mean?
to cause to become spiky

How to pronounce spike up

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