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spik.

a nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/spiːk/

  1. a nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)

    common-gender
    slå i en spik med en hammare

  2. nails (spike-shaped metal fasteners)

    collective · common-gender
    hammare och spik

  3. an (almost) fail-safe bet

    common-gender

  4. a single (sometimes a banker); a bet on only a single horse (to win) in a race

    common-gender
    En spik i lopp 5.
    Häst 3 är en säker spik i lopp 4.

  5. hole in one (in miniature golf)

    common-gender

  6. completely, utterly

    common-gender

  7. a rod of iron used in manual production of glass objects. May have all kinds of length and diameter, and can be used in many different ways. May be hollow inside, but must never have any hole on the tip. Must not be confused with puntel and the glass-blower pipe.

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse spíkr, from Proto-Germanic *spīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.