SPIKY

peaky, spiky

(adjective) having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; “absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

spiky (comparative spikier, superlative spikiest)

Having spikes, spiny.

hostile; standoffish

Of hair, erect, resembling spikes.

Anagrams

• kipsy, pisky

Source: Wiktionary


Spik"y, a.

1. Like a spike; spikelike. These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young.

2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes. Or by the spiky harrow cleared away. Dyer. The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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