Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spike_out

1 sense of spike out

Sense 1
spike, spike out -- (bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now")
       => develop -- (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time")