spoke
1. spoke past & archaic past part of SPEAK 2. spoke \'spo-k\ n [ME, fr. OE spa-ca; akin to MD spike spike] 1a: one of the small radiating bars inserted in the hub of a wheel to suppo rt the rim 1b: something resembling the spoke of a wheel 2: a rung of a ladder 3: one of the projecting handles of a steering wheel of a boat 3. spoke vt : to furnish with or as if with spokes