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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spiky \Spik"y\, a.
     1. Like a spike; spikelike.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors.
                                                    --C. A. Young.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed
        with spikes.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Or by the spiky harrow cleared away.  --Dyer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spiky \Spik"y\, a.
     1. Like a spike; spikelike.
  
              These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors.
                                                    --C. A. Young.
  
     2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed
        with spikes.
  
              Or by the spiky harrow cleared away.  --Dyer.
  
              The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore.
                                                    --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  spiky
       adj : having or as if having especially high-pitched spots;
             "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass" [syn: peaky]
       [also: spikiest, spikier]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spiky
     a.
     1 Having spikes, spiny.
     2 hostile; standoffish
     3 Of hair, erect, resembling spikes.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  spiky
     a.
     1 Having spikes, spiny.
     2 hostile; standoffish
     3 Of hair, erect, resembling spikes.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  spiky
     a.
     1 Having spikes, spiny.
     2 hostile; standoffish
     3 Of hair, erect, resembling spikes.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  spiky
     a.
     1 Having spikes, spiny.
     2 hostile; standoffish
     3 Of hair, erect, resembling spikes.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spiky
     Englanti a.
     piikikäs

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Spiky /spˈaɪki/
  ذو نهايات مدبّبة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  spiky //ˈspaɪ.ki// 
  покрит с шипове
  having spikes

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  spiky /spˈaɪki/ 
  ostnatý