an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes |
someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains | a large stout nail |
someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior | any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object |
someone who ascends on foot | a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal) |
a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants | a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur) |
| a very high narrow heel on women's shoes |
| each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves) |
| a transient variation in voltage or current |
| a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline |
| (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis |
| fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn |