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Added 9 October 2026

spoke

/spəʊk/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about spoke at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
A rung of a ladder.

verb

To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.

verb

simple past of speak
past participle of speak

Origin

From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.

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