spikes in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.spike1 [Am spaɪk, Brit spʌɪk] N

II.spike1 [Am spaɪk, Brit spʌɪk] VB trans

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III.spike1 [Am spaɪk, Brit spʌɪk] VB intr

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See also stiletto, gun

stiletto <pl stilettos or stilettoes> [Am stəˈlɛdoʊ, Brit stɪˈlɛtəʊ] N

I.gun [Am ɡən, Brit ɡʌn] N

1. gun:

gun (pistol)
pistola f
gun (pistol)
revólver m
gun (shotgun, rifle)
escopeta f
gun (shotgun, rifle)
fusil m
gun (shotgun, rifle)
rifle m
gun (artillery piece)
cañón m
to draw or pull a gun on sb
apuntar a alguien con una pistola
to hold a gun to sb's head
ponerle a alguien una pistola en la sien
to be under the gun Am inf
estar muy apremiado
she's under the gun to meet the deadline
está muy apremiada por entregar el trabajo dentro del plazo
she's under the gun to meet the deadline
le están apretando los tornillos para que entregue el trabajo dentro del plazo inf
to go great guns inf
ir viento en popa or a las mil maravillas
to spike sb's guns Brit
echar por tierra los planes de alguien
to stick to one's guns
mantenerse or seguir en sus (or mis etc.) treces
to stick to one's guns
mantenerse firme

II.gun <pres part gunning; pt, pp gunned> [Am ɡən, Brit ɡʌn] VB trans Am inf

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spike2 [Am spaɪk, Brit spʌɪk] N

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spikes in the PONS Dictionary

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spikes Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

there was a spike in the price of oil ex
el precio del petróleo se disparó
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One motivation for this change were sudden spikes in product demand; in these situations, the store could not meet the full demand.
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They have significant differences from later radiolaria, with a different silica lattice structure and few, if any, spikes on the test.
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In the cut flower industry, their tunnelling affects the cosmetic qualities of flower spikes, rendering them unsaleable.
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For example, price spikes frequently occur when some producers have plant outages or when some consumers are in a period of peak consumption.
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Subsequent attention was focused on the predominant group with occipital spikes, which was established as early onset benign childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms.
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The inflorescence has a long, leaflike bract that is longer than the spikes.
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It was as a protection against elephants that the gates were studded with iron spikes; to meet which it was the practice to furnish the elephant with an iron frontlet.
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Another iconic use of sledgehammers is for driving railroad spikes into wooden sleepers during rail construction.
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The model consisted of a wooden cylinder surrounded by rows of slender spikes, which pulled the lint through the bars of a comb-like grid.
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The two-lipped flowers emerge from the reddish-fringed, green bracts on axillary spikes along the upper sides of branches.
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