Nearby Words
California Spokes www.edmunds.com/ California Research, Reviews & Latest Prices! Free Info.
Save Big on New Tires Now www.vmwonline.com/ Tires Starting at $49.99 Call for a Free Quote 805-643-0516
Pasadena Motorsport www.pasadenasoundmotorsports.com/ Car Stereo, Alarms, Rims, HIDs Tint Every Day Low prices and Deals!
Ads
Dictionary.com Unabridged
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:
before 900; Middle English; Old English spāca; cognate with Dutch speek, German Speiche
before 900; Middle English; Old English spāca; cognate with Dutch speek, German Speiche
Related forms
spoke·less, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To spokes
Etymonline
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary
spokes definition
|
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
