spiky Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or as if having especially high-pitched spots
    peaky.
    • absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass

WordNet

Spik"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Like a spike; spikelike.
    These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young.
  2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.
    Or by the spiky harrow cleared away. Dyer.
    The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore. Pope.

Webster 1913