Spoke /(spōk)/

Spoke

imp.
  1. imp. of Speak.

Spoke

n.
  1. The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
  2. A projecting handle of a steering wheel. (Naut.)
  3. A rung, or round, of a ladder.
  4. A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.

Phrases & Compounds
To put a spoke in one's wheel
to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design.

Spoke

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Spoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Spoking

  1. To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.