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View synonyms for spoke

spoke

1

[ spohk ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense of speak.
  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of speak.
  3. Archaic. a past participle of speak.

spoke

2

[ spohk ]

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)

, spoked, spok·ing.
  1. to fit or furnish with or as with spokes.

spoke

1

/ spəʊk /

noun

  1. a radial member of a wheel, joining the hub to the rim
  2. a radial projection from the rim of a wheel, as in a ship's wheel
  3. a rung of a ladder
  4. put a spoke in someone's wheel
    to thwart someone's plans

verb

  1. tr to equip with or as if with spokes

spoke

2

/ spəʊk /

verb

  1. the past tense of speak
  2. archaic.
    a past participle of speak

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Other Words From

  • spokeless adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spoke1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English spāca; cognate with Dutch speek, German Speiche

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spoke1

Old English spāca

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