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Like a spike; spikelike.

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  1. a. Like a spike; spikelike.
  2. a. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.
  3. adj. having or as if having especially high-pitched spots
  4. 1. Like a spike; spikelike. These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young. 2. 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.
  5. j:100 s having or as if having especially high-pitched spots