spikelike

adjective

Definition of spikelikenext
as in spiky

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  1. spiky
  2. jagged
  3. barbed
  4. spiked
  5. pronged
  6. spiny
Adjective
  • Jasmine petals, one of my favorite floral notes, is given a spikier edge alongside Australian pink pepper, while raspberry and spun sugar add a pleasing sweetness without being too much.
    Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • How Stem Segments Tell the Difference The Thanksgiving cactus has the spikiest stem segments of the three varieties, and its pollen is yellow.
    Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
Definition of spiky
Adjective
  • She had been beaten so savagely with a golf club belonging to a set in the Skakel house that the club snapped and the killer used a jagged piece to stab her through the neck.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The picture depicts a bustling market of shoppers and vendors, with a jagged line reminiscent of those on graphs winding through the stalls.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of jagged
Adjective
  • The tortoises live in a sheltered habitat ringed by barbed wire and draped in netting.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Middle Tennessee actor talks near-death experience Flying into a barbed wire fence at 11.
    Rosalind Bowling, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of barbed
Adjective
  • In a sharp, late-day selloff on remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Wall Street’s fear gauge — the CBOE Volatility Index — spiked to 27.62, the highest level since early August .
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Recent hikers said on AllTrails that packed ice along the trail made the descent slippery and that spiked shoes were needed.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of spiked
Adjective
  • That's why this pronged device will become your new kitchen assistant.
    Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
  • We’ve been asked to be gentle and diligent with these giant, pronged implements.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
Definition of pronged
Adjective
  • The Queen conch, spiny Caribbean lobster and the red fruit of the turk’s head cactus – national treasures on roughly the same footing as the Union Jack – all sewn into the flag flapping over the tarmac.
    Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The dunes sagebrush lizard, also known as the sand dune lizard, is a spiny creature native to dunelands and shrublands in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 20 May 2024
Definition of spiny
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