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A sudden vertical betrayal of the gentle, flat life you were promised.
means A sharp, pointed object or a sudden, steep rise (and fall) in something like a graph, signal, or measurement.
from From Middle English 'spike,' meaning a nail or pointed rod, likely borrowed from a Scandinavian source — related to Old Norse 'spik' and a whole family of Germanic words for sharp, pointy things (compare 'spoke' and the Dutch 'spijker,' a nail). The metaphorical 'spike' on a chart — a line that stabs upward — is a much later figurative leap, reading the jagged silhouette of data as a row of nails.
- volleyball origin
- Once called the kill, because mercy was optional
- railroad spike
- Golden one joined America's coasts in 1869
- dinosaur defense
- Stegosaurus tail spikes are called the thagomizer
- data world
- A spike means demand or panic, rarely calm
- drink danger
- Spiking turns hospitality into a quiet crime
spike lee — filmmaker who directed do the right thing (1989) and malcolm x (1992)
spike jonze — director/screenwriter who made her (2013) and adaptation (2002)
spike volleyball — attacking move in volleyball where player hits ball downward over net