spoke
/spoʊk/
verb
- Past tense of 'speak' — to say words; to talk.
- They spoke for hours about their childhood memories.
- He spoke so quietly that I could barely hear him.
- She spoke to the manager about the problem yesterday.
noun
- One of the thin metal bars that connect the center of a wheel to the outer rim, found on bicycles, carriages, and some other vehicles.
- He carefully tightened each spoke to keep the wheel balanced.
- A broken spoke made the bicycle wheel wobble dangerously.
- The old wagon had wooden spokes that creaked as it moved.