Past tense of spike
regular verb
The past tense of spike is spiked. The past participle is also spiked.
Forms of spike
| Base form (V1) | spike /spaɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | spiked |
| Past participle (V3) | spiked |
| Present participle | spiking |
| Third person singular | spikes |
Spiked in a sentence
- He spiked the story on the “dead” hook and answered his interphone.1950, Cyril M. Kornbluth, “The Little Black Bag”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 45, number 4
- Better known as Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler), he spiked his victims on stakes arranged in geometric patterns and accorded each a high or low spear, according to his or her rank.1996, Christine Quigley, The Corpse: A History, McFarland, page 144
- The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.From the entry outlandish
- The large punch bowl has the special spiked punch, the small punch bowl is for the kids.From the entry spiked
- He lanced my drink and spiked it!From the entry lance
Meaning of spike
- noun A sort of very large nail.
- noun A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- noun Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
Questions about the past tense of spike
- What is the past tense of spike?
- The past tense of spike is spiked.
- What is the past participle of spike?
- The past participle of spike is spiked.
- Is spike a regular or irregular verb?
- Spike is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spike (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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