From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspokespoke1 /spəʊk $ spoʊk/ verb x-refthe past tense of speakspokespoke2 noun [countable] 1 
TTBone of the thin metal bars which connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle2 → put a spoke in somebody’s wheel
TTBone of the thin metal bars which connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle2 → put a spoke in somebody’s wheelExamples from the Corpus
spoke• He drew every spoke in the wheels, and the whole affair looked as if it had been instantaneously petrified or arrested.• Twenty four spokes slide over a fixed cam, so that as they move they change length and unbalance the wheel.• Her fingers still clung to the spokes, keeping one wheel out of action.• Schyns has re-invented the old idea of a wheel with unbalanced spokes.• Harper rode up to the man and saw the broken wheel spokes impaled in his belly and groin.Origin spoke2 Old English spaca 