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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, a street name for synthetic cannabinoids, also known as spice or synth*etic marijuana
- 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 beginning with "Spike"
- All pages with titles containing Spike
- Golden spike (disambiguation)
- Spiked (disambiguation)
- The Spike (disambiguation)
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