spoke
spoke [spoke spokes spoked spoking] BrE [spəʊk] NAmE [spoʊk] noun
one of the thin bars or long straight pieces of metal that connect the centre of a wheel to its outer edge, for example on a bicycle
see also ↑speak, ↑spoke, ↑spoken v.
Idiom: ↑put a spoke in somebody's wheel
Word Origin:
Old English spāca, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch speek, German Speiche, from the base of the verb ↑spike.
|
|
