"spike up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: spikes up [present, singular, third-person], spiking up [participle, present], spiked up [participle, past], spiked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} spike up (third-person singular simple present spikes up, present participle spiking up, simple past and past participle spiked up)
  1. (transitive) to cause to become spiky Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spike_up-en-verb-G-XEFRsv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 20 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 48 25 26
  2. (intransitive) to become spiky Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-spike_up-en-verb-A1U3~FEH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 20 36
  3. (intransitive) to increase sharply Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-spike_up-en-verb-L6QbNUoP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 20 36

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for spike up meaning in English (2.0kB)

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