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Also Inflected form of speak

spoke

UK/spəʊk/ US/spoʊk/ common

noun

1.

support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

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2.

one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

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Origin

From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.

Phrases

  • key spoke
  • leading spoke
  • put a spoke in someone's wheel
  • spoke key
  • spoke nipple
  • spoke target
  • spoke wrench
  • trailing spoke

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