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spike n. 1 skewer, stake, prong, treenail, nail, peg, picket, pin,
pike, spine: To subdue a vampire, drive a wooden spike through
its heart.
--v. 2 impale, stab, stick, spear, pierce, spit, lance: He was
spiked through the thigh by a bayonet. 3 disable, thwart,
nullify, disarm, block, frustrate, foil, void, balk, check,
cancel, annul: Our plans for the picnic were spiked by the
weather. 4 strengthen; drug, poison, Slang slip in a Mickey
(Finn): I passed out because my drink was spiked.
spill v. 1 pour (out or over), overflow, slop or run or brim over:
The milk spilt all over the floor. 2 waste, throw out, lose:
Don't cry over spilt milk. 3 spill the beans. reveal or tell or
disclose or divulge all or everything, blab, tattle, let the cat
out of the bag, confess, Slang squeal, be a stool-pigeon or
stoolie, spill one's guts, sing (like a canary), Brit blow the
gaff: Finnegan spilled the beans to the cops.
--n. 4 outpouring, flood, leak, leakage: Don't tell me there's
been another oil spill! 5 fall, tumble, accident, Colloq
cropper, header: Crutchley had a nasty spill at the third fence
in the Grand National.
spin v. 1 revolve, turn, rotate, gyrate, twirl, whirl, twist, reel,
pirouette, pivot: The car spun out of control on the ice. Fred
spun Ginger around the dance floor. 2 invent, concoct, make up,
devise, produce, fabricate; weave, relate, retail, recount,
narrate, tell, unfold: Each night, father would spin a new
chapter in the yarn of the vagabond princess. 3 be dizzy, suffer
vertigo, swim, whirl, be giddy: My head was spinning from so
much attention by the media. 4 spin off. separate, derive: The
manufacturer spun off two new companies specializing in parts
and service. 5 spin out. prolong, protract, drag or draw out,
stretch out, perpetuate, continue, extend, keep alive, keep
going: The case was spun out for years in the courts.
--n. 6 whirl, whirling, twirl, twirling, turn, turning,
gyration, reel, pirouette, revolution, revolving, rotation,
rotating: He puts a spin on the ball when he throws it. Is the
spin of all planets in the same direction? 7 drive, whirl,