Spike

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Spike(s) may refer to:

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[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)

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[edit] Music

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[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

[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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