Spike

Spike could mean:
Nail, especially one more than 100mm (4 inches) long
Rail spikes used to secure railroad rails to the wooden ties
Spiked shoes worn by athletes, which provide more traction (similar to cleats)
An adolescent male deer or male elk
The Spike is a widely used nickname for the Spire of Dublin, a massive needle-like structure erected in Dublin in 2003
Spike TV, a cable network that caters to a young male demographic (originally known as TNN, The National Network, or The Nashville Network)
Spike missile, an Israel-developed guided anti-tank missile
Spike bayonet, chiefly used on early muskets
Voltage spike, or electrical surge
The action potential which transmits signals along a nerve axon is often called a spike
Spike is a botanical term for an unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence with sessile flowers arranged along the axis
Spike (company), a video game company
Media with Spike in the title include:
The Spike (Borchgrave/Moss), a 1980 novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave, former editor of The Washington Times
Spike of Bensonhurst, a 1988 movie directed by Paul Morrisey
Spike (Elvis Costello album), a 1989 album by Elvis Costello
The Spike (1997), a 1997 book by Damien Broderick
Spike (Puffy AmiYumi album), a 2001 album by Puffy AmiYumi
A number of famous people are named Spike, including:
Spike, a newcomer Romanian rapper promoted by Parazitii
Spike Lee, a filmmaker
Spike Jonze, a filmmaker
Spike Jones, a satirist
Spike Milligan, a satirist
Spike Robinson, a jazz musician
Spike Slawson, a punk vocalist and bassist of the Swinging Utters and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Matt Hyson (aka Spike Dudley), former professional wrestler
Spike (porn star), a gay pornography actor
Spike Feresten, television writer and talk show host
Spike Xavier, Lead Singer of Nu-Metal band Corporate Avenger
Spike, a Welsh musician, co-founder of Z Block Records, Reptile Ranch and Weekend
Spike O'Donnell, famous Irish/American gangster from Chicago
A number of fictional characters have been named Spike, including:
Spike, a main playable character in the Ape Escape video game series
Spike Spiegel, from the Japanese anime Cowboy Bebop
Spike (Buffyverse), a vampire
Spike, Fonzie's cousin in Happy Days
Spike Fumo, in Spike of Bensonhurst
Christine "Spike" Nelson, in the Degrassi series
Spike Thomson, in Press Gang
Spike, a member of the Screws Gang in Medabots
Spike Lester, a character on the soap opera Passions
The Spike (Marvel Comics), a member of the X-Statix
Spike Freeman, another character in Marvel Comics' X-Statix/X-Force
Spike (The Land Before Time), a young stegosaurus in The Land Before Time film series
"Spike" Stoker, a supporting character from Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books
Joshua "Spike" Cohen, a Jew from Tom Robbins' novel Skinny Legs and All
Spike, a character originating in Super Mario Bros. 3 who launches spiked mace balls at the player
Spike, the boss of the Midday Gardens world in the Spyro: Year of the Dragon video game
Spike, a character in the DC Comics comic book Sugar and Spike
Spike Lavery, a character on All My Children, he the son Kendall and Ryan
Father Spike, a high-church parish priest who is mentioned in C.S. Lewis' book The Screwtape Letters
Spike, Roger Wilco's alien pet in Space Quest V: The Next Mutation
Spike, a porcupine from the movie Over the Hedge
Spike Witwicky, a character from the Transformers TV cartoon series and comic books
Spike (NX Files), a fictional character in an action-adventure web-show called NX Files
Michelangelo 'Spike' Scarlatti, a fictional character in the Canadian TV series Flashpoint
A number of cartoon dogs have been named Spike:
Spike (Ace Ventura), Ace Ventura's dog in the motion picture Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Spike (Goofy Movie)
Spike (Peanuts), Snoopy's brother in Peanuts
Spike (Tom and Jerry), Tom's and the other cats' nemesis in the cartoon series Tom and Jerry
Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier, in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons
Spike, the family pet in Rugrats
Spike, Heathcliff's nemesis in the comic strip and animated series Heathcliff
Spike, Droopy's nemesis in Tex Avery's Droopy Dog theatrical cartoon series
As a place name, Spike may refer to:
Spike is the former name of a village in Derbyshire now known as Poolsbrook
In sports, Spike may refer to:
A spike is an offensive attack in volleyball
Spiking in American football is to throw the ball forcefully and intentionally into the ground
In Track and Field and cross country running, spiking an opponent (or sometimes, inadvertently, a team mate) is to kick them with the metal spikes in the bottom of the runner's shoe