spoke

1 of 3

ˈspōk 

past tense and archaic past participle of speak

spoke

2 of 3

noun

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

spoke

3 of 3

verb

spoked; spoking

transitive verb

: to furnish with spokes

Examples of spoke in a Sentence

Noun

The stick got caught in the wheel's spokes.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Add hyperlinks from your hub to the wheel pages and vice versa (the spokes). —Jason Barnard, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

Wheels Because a tandem bike must accommodate two riders, the wheels are typically reinforced with additional spokes. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025

The police don't notice when Cooper also manages to dislodge a spoke from the front wheel and hides it in his sleeve. —Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025

Saturn's elusive dark ring spokes Wednesday, December 11, 2024: NASA is celebrating ten years of the Hubble Space Telescope's Outer Planter Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program, which helps track weather and seasonal changes in the atmospheres of our solar system's gas giants. —Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English spāca; akin to Old High German speihha spoke, Middle Dutch spike spike

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing spoke

• hub-and-spoke

Rhymes for spoke

• bloke
• boeck
• broke
• choke
• cloak
• cloke
• croak
• folk
• hoke
• joke
• moke
• oak

Kids Definition

spoke

1 of 2

ˈspōk 

past and archaic past participle of speak

spoke

2 of 2 noun

1

: one of the small bars extending from the hub of a wheel to support the rim

2

: something resembling the spoke of a wheel