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spoke

1  [spohk]
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–verb
1. a pt. of speak.
2. Nonstandard. a pp. of speak.
3. Archaic, a pp. of speak.
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spoke

2  [spohk] noun, verb, spoked, spok⋅ing.
–noun
1. one of the bars, rods, or rungs radiating from the hub or nave of a wheel and supporting the rim or felloe.
2. something that resembles the spoke of a wheel.
3. a handlelike projection from the rim of a wheel, as a ship's steering wheel.
4. a rung of a ladder.
–verb (used with object)
5. to fit or furnish with or as with spokes.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE spāca; c. D speek, G Speiche

Related forms:
spokeless, adjective
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spoke 1   (spōk)   
n.  

  1. One of the rods or braces connecting the hub and rim of a wheel.

  2. Nautical One of the handles projecting from the rim of a ship's steering wheel.

  3. A rod or stick that may be inserted into a wheel to prevent it from turning.

  4. A rung of a ladder.

tr.v.   spoked, spok·ing, spokes

  1. To equip with spokes.

  2. To impede (a wheel) by inserting a rod.


[Middle English, from Old English spāca.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

spoke 
(of a wheel), O.E. spaca "spoke," related to spicing "large nail," from P.Gmc. *spaikon (cf. O.S. speca, O.Fris. spake, Du. spaak, O.H.G. speicha, Ger. speiche "spoke"), probably from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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