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Spike(s) may refer to:
[edit] Device to puncture or fasten
- Nail (fastener), especially one over ten inches long
- Rail spike, or Screw spike used to construct railroad tracks
- Tree spiking, making a tree dangerous to cut with a chainsaw
- "Spiking a gun", rendering a muzzle-loading gun inoperable by driving a nail into the touch hole
- Spike strip, tire deflation device
- Spike bayonet, an attachment for a firearm
- Punji stick, a type of booby trapped stake, usually deployed in substantial numbers
- Cleat (shoe), protrusions on the sole of a shoe
- Caltrop, an antipersonnel weapon made up of two or more sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable base (for example, a tetrahedron)
[edit] Characters
- Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
- Spike the Bulldog, a character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons
- Spike (Marvel Comics), the name of several fictional characters in Marvel Comics
- Christine "Spike" Nelson, a character in the Degrassi television series
- Spike (Peanuts character), Snoopy's sibling
- Spike Lester, a character in the Passions television series
- Spike Spiegel, a character in Cowboy Bebop media
- Spike (Dragon Ball) or Akkuman, a character in Dragon Ball media
- The Spike, one of the Titans in the 2007 video game Crash of the Titans
- Spike, a character in Dinosaurs media
- Spike (The Land Before Time), a character in The Land Before Time media
- Spike (Rugrats), Tommy's adoptive dog from Nickelodeon's Rugrats
- Spike, a character in the Space Quest V: The Next Mutation universe
- Cecil "Spike" Wilson, a character in the Sugar and Spike universe
- Spike (Tom and Jerry), an MGM cartoon character associated with the Tom and Jerry cartoons
- Spike (MGM cartoon series), another MGM cartoon character associated with the Droopy cartoons
- Spike Witwicky, a character in the Transformers franchise
- Spike, a name given to similar fictional characters in My Little Pony, each in different generations respectively
- Spyke, the X-Men: Evolution character
- Spikes (baseball team mascot), the mascot of the Minor League AAA Rochester Red Wings
[edit] Books and magazines
[edit] Film and television
[edit] Sports
- Track spikes, lightweight shoes with spikes screwed into their bottom, or spike plate, in order to maximize traction
- Cleat (shoe), a type of shoe designed especially for sports played on grass or dirt, such as soccer or American football
- Spike (Volleyball), jumping, raising one arm above the head and hitting the ball so it will move quickly down to the ground on the opponent's court
- Spike (gridiron football), a play in American football
- State College Spikes, a minor league baseball team that currently plays in the New York – Penn League
- Spikes (baseball team mascot), the mascot of the Minor League AAA Rochester Red Wings
[edit] Biology
- Spike (botany), a kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis
- Spike (database) biological database
- Alabama spike, a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels
- Brother spike, a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels
- Diffraction spike, lines radiating from bright light sources in reflecting telescope images
- False spike, a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels
- Fern spike, the occurrence of abundant fern spores in the fossil record, usually immediately (in a geological sense) after an extinction event
[edit] Other uses
- Bird control spike, a device consisting of long, needle-like rods used for bird control
- Spike (computer science), an Agile programming term for a minimal prototype implementation of some system functionality that nonetheless encompasses the entire range of system operability
- Spike (missile) an Israeli fourth generation ATGM
- Spike (company), a video game company
- Spike Island (disambiguation)
- Spike (music), a part of certain stringed instruments
- Spike (journalism), to decide not to publish or make public, a matter of concern in journalism ethics and standards
- Spike (video gaming), generally used to describe a tactic in which a player or group of players deals a large amount of damage to a target simultaneously
- Mickey Finn (drugs), drink spiking: to covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances
- Spike Shooter, a sports energy drink
- Action potential, a concept in neuroscience
- Voltage spike, also called an electrical surge
- SPIKE algorithm, a mathematical parallel algorithm for solving banded systems of linear equations
- Colloquial name for a workhouse
- Hail spike, an artifact on a weather radar display indicative of large hail
- Ice spike, an upward-facing icicle that forms as a body of water freezes
[edit] Surname
- John Spikes (1881–1955), American jazz musician and entrepreneur
- Reb Spikes (1888–1982), American jazz saxophonist and entrepreneur
- Robert W. Spike (1923–1966), American clergyman, theologian, and civil rights leader
- Spike (Welsh guitarist), Welsh guitarist
- John Spike (born 1951), American art historian, curator, and author, specializing in the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods
- Michèle Kahn Spike, American lawyer, historian, and prominent lay figure in the Episcopalian church
- Moondog Spike, professional wrestler
- Paul Spike, American author, editor and journalist
- Brandon Spikes (born 1987), American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL)
- Cameron Spikes (born 1976), former American football guard of the National Football League
- Charlie Spikes (born 1951), Major League Baseball player
- Irving Spikes (born 1970), former professional American football player who played running back for four seasons for the Miami Dolphins
- Jack Spikes (born 1937), former American collegiiate and Professional Football running back and placekicker
- Jesse Spikes (born 1950), corporate lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, who was a candidate in the 2009 Atlanta mayoral race
- Richard Spikes (1884–1962), African-American engineer from San Francisco, California
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