spike

spike
1. n. a hypodermic needle; a hypodermic syringe and needle; a medicine dropper and a needle. (Drugs.)
□ The addict caught some strange disease from a dirty spike.
□ What’ll I do? I broke my spike.
2. tv. to add ether or alcohol to beer, originally by injecting it through the cork with a hypodermic needle; to add alcohol to a nonalcoholic drink. (From prohibition times. See also spiked.)
□ He found a man who would spike his beer for a small fee.
□ He spiked the beer with ether, which is a dangerous thing to do.
3. tv. to puncture an idea.
□ I explained the plan, but the boss spiked it immediately.
□ I hate to see my ideas spiked like that.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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