(spōk) noun
1. One of the members of a wheel which serve to support the rim (or felly) by connecting it to the hub.
2. One of the radial handles of a ship's steering wheel.
3. A stick or bar for insertion in a wheel to prevent it from turning, as in descending a hill.
4. A rung of a ladder.
—to put a spoke in (someone's) wheel To hinder or prevent (someone's) action.
—v.t. spoked, spok·ing
1. To provide with spokes.
2. To fasten (a wheel) with a stick or spoke to prevent its turning. [OE spāca]

(spōk)
Past tense and archaic past participle of SPEAK.