How to pronounce spoke
American English pronunciation
SPOHK
- IPA
- /ˈspoʊk/
- Syllables
- SPOHK (1 syllable)
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What spoke means
Most people know spoke in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A thin rod that joins the middle of a wheel to its rim
In a sentence: Dad straightened the bent spoke so my bike wheel would stop wobbling.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word, spaca, and is linked to the word spike. It is a different word from spoke, the past of speak.
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