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spiker

spiker

9.9
A person who secretly puts drugs or alcohol into someone else's drink to harm them
  • noun
  • /ˈspaɪkər/
  • NSFW
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  • After hearing rumors about a spiker at the event, guests became more cautious with their beverages.

Examples

  • The party was ruined by a spiker who added drugs to the drinks.

  • Security cameras helped identify the spiker who had been targeting partygoers all night.

  • The police arrested the spiker before he could tamper with anyone's drink at the club.

  • Don't trust anyone; there might be a spiker among the guests.

  • The police arrested the spiker before he could tamper with anyone's drink at the club.

  • After hearing rumors about a spiker at the event, guests became more cautious with their beverages.

  • Security cameras helped identify the spiker who had been targeting partygoers all night.

Synonyms

doper
vsspiker
  • NSFW
1 8.4

A person who gives illegal drugs to athletes to help them cheat

secretly adds substances to others' drinks to intoxicate or harm them

Surface Forms

spiker singular
spikers plural

Morphology

spiker = spike (transparent) = spike + er

Agentive formation from the verb 'spike' meaning to secretly add substances to a drink, directly yielding 'spiker' as someone who does this.

Etymology

Spiker comes from the verb spike, which means 'to secretly add something' to a drink, as in 'to spike the punch'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of slipping something into a cup without people knowing, so a spiker is the person who does that.