Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spiky
IPA transcription: [sp'aɪki]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: peaky, spiky
    Meaning: having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass"
Usage examples
  • It was a bright morning in the early part of summer; the river had resumed its wonted banks and its accustomed pace, and a hot sun seemed to be pulling everything green and bushy and spiky up out of the earth towards him, as if by strings.