Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, July 17, 2025 Klingon word: wIl Part of speech: noun Definition: spike Source: (email to Qov, 13 august 2012) _______________________________________________ (Qov < Okrand, 8/13/2012): The word for screw is {Hut'In vIl}, which is, of course, a ridgy {Hut'In}. Turns out {Hut'In} is the word for nail. Maltz also volunteered that the word for spike is {wIl}. (KGT 61): A spike is a {DuQwI'} and the small spikes on the d'k tahg are usually called {DuQwI'Hommey} (little spikes). (KGT 58): On the toe of each high boot (DaS) ... was a clawlike spike called a {pu'}. PUN: William Pratt ("Spike") was a recurring character on the TV series "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer." -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons