GR translation: syringe and spike

[Ian Livingston]

It also indicates the needle itself, so I think you are all correct in this
case. Pynchon is playing with slang, as he often does so well.


On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 4:43 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes. It’s used as a verb here.  Syringe (noun) is used “to spike” (verb).
> Q: What does one DO with a spike?  A: Spike something.
>
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 3:54 PM GK <greekplister at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It is a verb. A phrasal verb: "to spike away", meaning to inject
> > repeatedly.
> >
> > On 25-Jun-22 7:30 PM, Mike Jing wrote:
> > > V47.28-32, P48.21-25   Kevin Spectro will take his syringe and spike
> > away a
> > > dozen times tonight, into the dark, to sedate Fox (his generic term for
> > any
> > > patient—run three times around the building without thinking of a fox
> and
> > > you can cure anything).
> > >
> > > Here "spike" refers to the hypodermic needle, is that correct?
> > >
> > > It seems obvious now, but I misread it as a verb for a long time. The
> > word
> > > "away" somehow threw me off.
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