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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having or as if having especially high-pitched spots;
- Example: "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass"
[syn: peaky, spiky]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spiky \Spik"y\ (sp[imac]k"[y^]), a. 1. Like a spike; spikelike. [1913 Webster] These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. --C. A. Young. [1913 Webster] 2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes. [1913 Webster] Or by the spiky harrow cleared away. --Dyer. [1913 Webster] The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spiky adj 1: having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass" [syn: peaky, spiky]