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spiked up

spiked up is the simple past and past participle of spike up.

Meaning of spike up

Verb

spike up (third-person singular simple present spikes up, present participle spiking up, simple past and past participle spiked up)

  1. (transitive) to cause to become spiky
    • spike up your hair
  2. (intransitive) to become spiky
    • His hair spiked up
  3. (intransitive) to increase sharply
    • Prices are bound to spike up during high season

Questions about spiked up

What is spiked up the simple past and past participle of?
Spiked up is the simple past and past participle of spike up.

Words near spiked up in the dictionary

  1. spikebills
  2. spiked
  3. spiked a temp
  4. spiked a temperature
  5. spiked someone's guns
  6. spiked up
  7. spiked woodrush
  8. spikedness
  9. spikefish
  10. spikefishes
  11. spikegrass

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