spiking

verb

Definition of spikingnext
present participle of spike
1
as in stabbing
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey

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2
as in stimulating
to give life, vigor, or spirit to he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiking
  1. stabbing
  2. stimulating
  3. picking
  4. stirring
  5. jabbing
  6. piercing
  7. spitting
Verb
  • The killer wanted for stabbing a father of three to death at a Brooklyn bodega bought a cup of coffee inside before throwing it in the victim’s face in the fight leading up to the slay, shocking video shows.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • That’s when Webb grabbed a hammer and hit Wilson in the head, the source said, but that wasn’t enough to stop him from stabbing her multiple times in the chest and back, mortally wounding her.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of stabbing
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  • These blood tests might include a complete blood count; a metabolic panel; and tests for fasting blood glucose, thyroid stimulating hormone, and vitamin B12 levels.
    Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
  • One side of the cloth is made with textured microfiber, which massages the skin while stimulating blood flow.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of stimulating
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  • In August 2018, the Washington Post reported that about a third of crab-picking jobs were vacant across the Eastern Shore.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The stylist from Anthropologie is picking.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of picking
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  • Carissa may not travel terribly far in the course of the film, but her awareness of her existing world expands considerably, which makes for a more delicately stirring arc than expected in a coming-of-age tale of this variety.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Sauté onions, garlic, and more fresh sage, add a bit of flour to create the base of the roux, then whisk in chicken broth and cream before stirring in the spinach ravioli and topping with the grated cheese.
    Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of stirring
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  • Companies perfected the art of evasion, leaving us jabbing the zero key like a deranged woodpecker just to talk to someone with a pulse.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Unfortunately, too many creditors will simply start jabbing at hard assets and one-time bank account levies without seeing the enormous pot of gold in front of them in the debtor's revenue streams.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of jabbing
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  • And an image of a woman named Linda Jackson washing her hair in a plastic bin on the Navajo Nation, the striking mountains of Monument Valley piercing the background, was how Elliot Ross shed light on what life is like in America’s water inequality capital.
    TIME Photo Department, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The She Wolf's howl is as piercing as ever.
    Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of piercing
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  • An Ohio mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly abusing her baby by spitting at her and pouring dish soap down her mouth, authorities said.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Authorities allege Workman was seen in a video spitting on her baby’s face and pouring dish soap in the infant’s mouth, according to unspecified court documents cited by WKRC, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Fox 19.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of spitting
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