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spiking up

spiking up is the present participle and gerund 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 spiking up

What is spiking up the present participle and gerund of?
Spiking up is the present participle and gerund of spike up.

Words near spiking up in the dictionary

  1. spiking a temp
  2. spiking a temperature
  3. spiking neural network
  4. spiking neural networks
  5. spiking someone's guns
  6. spiking up
  7. spikings
  8. Spikkestad
  9. spiknel
  10. spiks
  11. spiky

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