01 a. Like a spike; spikelike.
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Like a spike; spikelike.“These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors.” — C. A. Young.
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Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.“Or by the spiky harrow cleared away.” — Dyer.“The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore.” — Pope.