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The word "spike"
The word spike can refer to:- A sharp object like a nail:
- spiked shoes worn by athletes, which provide more traction.
- large spikes used to secure railroad rails to the wooden ties
- the Golden Spike, driven at Promontory Point in Utah on 1869 May 10, joining the first trans-continental railroad in North America
- An upswing in activity, shown by a spike on a graph or chart:
- a spike, a short electrical pulse (See: surge suppressor, transient voltage)
- a spike in the crime rate, birth rate, cancer rate, or other rate
- An unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence (Botanical) with sessile flowers arranged along the axis. Compare with raceme.
- The Spire of Dublin, a massive needle-like structure erected in Dublin in 2003, is widely known as The Spike
- Spike TV is the new name of The National Network, originally The Nashville Network (TNN).
The name "Spike"
Real people named Spike include:- filmmaker Spike Lee
- filmmaker Spike Jonze
- satirist Spike Jones
- satirist Spike Milligan
- jazz musician '''Spike Robinson
- vampire Spike Blogs
- Spike Spiegel, in a Japanese animation, Cowboy Bebop
- Spike, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Spike, Fonzie's cousin in Happy Days
- Spike Fumo, in Spike of Bensonhurst
- Spike, in Degrassi Junior High
- Spike Thomson, in Press Gang
- Spike, the family pet in Rugrats (voiced by Bruce Willis in the spin-off movie Rugrats Go Wild)
- Spike, Snoopy's brother in Peanuts
- Spike, Tom's nemesis in the cartoon series Tom & Jerry
The title "Spike"
Spike is the title of:- Spike, a 1989 LP by Elvis Costello
- Spike, a 2001 LP by P. Diddy
- The Spike, a 1980 novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave, former editor of The Washington Times
- The Spike, a 1997 (revised 2001) book by Damien Broderick
