Spike

Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to:

People and fictional characters

• Spike (given name), a list of people with the name or nickname
• Spike (surname), a list of people
• Spikes (surname), a list of people
• Spike (nickname)
• Spike (character), a list of fictional characters with the name

Device to puncture or fasten

• Cleat (shoe), protrusions on the sole of a shoe
• Nail (fastener), especially one over ten inches (25 cm) long
• Rail spike, or screw spike, used to construct railroad tracks
• Spiking the guns, rendering a muzzle-loading gun temporarily inoperable by driving a nail into the vent
• Spindle (stationery), an upright spike used to hold papers

Technology and science

• Spike (botany), a kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis
• Spike (database), a biological database
• Spike (missile) an Israeli fourth generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)
• SPIKE algorithm, a mathematical parallel algorithm for solving banded systems of linear equations
• Voltage spike, also called an electrical surge, an electronic glitch
• Spike (software development), a small task done to reduce uncertainty about a larger task
• Spiking (mobile app), a mobile social trading platform

Sports

• Spike (gridiron football), a play in American football
• Spike (volleyball), a form of volleyball attack
• Spikes (mascot), the mascot of the Minor League AAA Rochester Red Wings
• State College Spikes, a minor league baseball team that plays in the New York – Penn League
• Track spikes, lightweight shoes with spikes screwed into their bottom, or spike plate, in order to maximize traction

Music

• Spike (music), a part of certain stringed instruments
• Spike (Elvis Costello album), 1989
• Spike (Puffy AmiYumi album), 2001
• Spike (Agata album), 2004
• "Spike", a song from The Network album Money Money 2020
• "Spikes", a song by Death Grips from the album Bottomless Pit

Books and magazines

• Spike (DC Thomson) a British comics anthology published by DC Thomson
• Spike (IDW Publishing), a comic book series featuring the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character
• The Spike (1980), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave
• The Spike (1997), a novel by Damien Broderick
• Spike Magazine, an internet cultural journal which began in 1996

Film and television

• Spike (TV network), an American cable network
  • Spike (UK), a localized version of the American channel
  • Spike (Netherlands & Flanders), a localized version of the American channel
• Spike (2008 film), directed by Robert Beaucage

Gaming

• Spike (video game), a 1983 platform game for the Vectrex video game system
• Spike (company), a video game company

Other uses

• Mickey Finn (drugs), for spiking a drink
• Spike (journalism), to decide not to publish or make public
• Spike (stagecraft), markings on a stage to show the correct positioning of objects and actors
• Spike Island (disambiguation)
• Colloquial name for a workhouse

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Spike
• All pages with titles containing Spike
• Golden spike (disambiguation)
• Spiked (disambiguation)
• The Spike (disambiguation)