handspike
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noun \ˈhan(d)-ˌspīk\Definition of HANDSPIKE
: a bar used as a lever
Origin of HANDSPIKE
by folk etymology from Dutch handspaak, from hand hand + spaak pole; akin to Old English spāca spoke
First Known Use: 1615
Rhymes with HANDSPIKE
alike, apelike, armlike, barnlike, bearlike, belike, birdlike, bladelike, boatlike, boxlike, called strike, catlike, childlike, Christlike, clawlike, claylike, clocklike, dirgelike, dirt bike, dislike, doglike, dreamlike, feel like, first strike, fishlike, flu-like, fly-strike, garpike, godlike, grasslike, hitchhike, homelike, horselike, hymnlike, jazzlike, Klondike, lifelike, mislike, moonlike, nunlike, parklike, pealike, push-bike, rampike, ratlike, rent strike, restrike, ringlike, rocklike, rootlike, ropelike, scalelike, sharklike, sheaflike, shrimplike, shunpike, snakelike, sphinxlike, springlike, suchlike, tanklike, ten-strike, trail bike, trancelike, turnpike, unlike, Updike, Vandyke, Van Dyck, warlike, wavelike, whalelike, wifelike, winglike, wraithlike
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