"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 formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 20 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 49 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 23 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 20 21
  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

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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "spiked up",
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          "text": "spike up your hair",
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        "(transitive) to cause to become spiky"
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          "text": "His hair spiked up",
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        "to become spiky"
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        "(intransitive) to become spiky"
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        {
          "text": "Prices are bound to spike up during high season",
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        "to increase sharply"
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        "(intransitive) to increase sharply"
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        "(transitive) to cause to become spiky"
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        "(intransitive) to become spiky"
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        "to increase sharply"
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        "(intransitive) to increase sharply"
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