spoke

¹

[spohk]

verb

1. a simple past tense of speak.

2. Nonstandard.,  a past participle of speak.

3. Archaic.,  a past participle of speak.

spoke

²

[spohk]

noun

1. one of the bars, rods, or rungs radiating from the hub or nave of a wheel and supporting the rim or felloe.

2. something that resembles the spoke of a wheel.

3. a handlelike projection from the rim of a wheel, as a ship's steering wheel.

4. a rung of a ladder.

verb (used with object)

spoked, spoking 

1. to fit or furnish with or as with spokes.

spoke

¹

/ spəʊk /

noun

1. a radial member of a wheel, joining the hub to the rim

2. a radial projection from the rim of a wheel, as in a ship's wheel

3. a rung of a ladder

4. to thwart someone's plans

verb

1. (tr) to equip with or as if with spokes

spoke

²

/ spəʊk /

verb

1. the past tense of speak

2. archaic,  a past participle of speak

Other Word Forms

• spokeless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of spoke¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English spāca; cognate with Dutch speek, German Speiche

Word History and Origins

Origin of spoke¹

Old English spāca

Example Sentences

He said he spoke with a teacher who complained that several of her elementary-school aged students have stopped coming to class.

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While their house in Poza Rica in Veracruz state was gone, the pair spoke to AFP Wednesday at the home of a neighbor who took them in.

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Other experts the BBC spoke to thought this was a reasonable target.

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Lawyers for the Angels and the family spoke to the jury for the first time Tuesday, delivering dramatically different opening statements.

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Investors are betting on that off-ramp, with markets moving higher after the officials spoke with reporters on Wednesday.

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