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spoke
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  1. spoke
  2. speak
  3. spoke auger
  4. hub-and-spoke
  5. king spoke
  6. midship spoke
  7. tangent spoke
  8. speak down
  9. speak out
  10. speak up

1spoke

\ˈspōk\

Definition of SPOKE

past & archaic past participle of speak

2spoke

noun

Definition of SPOKE

1
a : any of the small radiating bars inserted in the hub of a wheel to support the rim
b : something resembling the spoke of a wheel
2
: any of the projecting handles of a boat's steering wheel
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Examples of SPOKE

  1. The stick got caught in the wheel's spokes.

Origin of SPOKE

Middle English, from Old English spāca; akin to Old High German speihha spoke, Middle Dutch spike spike
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Mechanical Engineering Terms

centrifuge, differential, flange, lathe, linchpin, pinion, plenum, ratchet, traction

Rhymes with SPOKE

bloke, broke, choke, cloak, coke, croak, folk, hoke, joke, moke, oak, poke, Polk, roque, smoke, soak, soke, stoke, stroke, toke, toque, yogh, yoke, yolk

3spoke

transitive verb
spokedspok·ing

Definition of SPOKE

: to furnish with or as if with spokes

First Known Use of SPOKE

before 12th century

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