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

The last time Jeremy Corbyn spoke from the stage in Liverpool's ACC conference centre's sprawling complex of glass and steel, he was leader of the Labour party.

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Yet no-one I spoke to while making these films pointed to any one individual as the sole reason for the current standing of the monarchy in the eyes of the public.

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The subsequent "tactics, techniques and procedures" review was conducted by an SAS officer, who visited Afghanistan but spoke only to other members of the Regiment.

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His predecessor, Pope Francis, often spoke at length to reporters, sometimes very passionately and from the heart.

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Rep. Al Green, a Texas progressive, spoke at the rally, as did House of Representatives contender Kat Abughazaleh from Illinois.

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