Spike
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'''Spike''' may refer to:
==Device to puncture or fasten==
* [[Nail (fastener)]], especially one over four inches long
* [[Rail spike]], used to construct railroad tracks
* [[Tree spiking]], making a tree dangerous to cut with a chainsaw
* [[Spike strip]], tire deflation device
* [[Spike bayonet]], an attachment for a firearm
==Media==
===Fictional characters===
* [[Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Spike (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'')]], a character from the American television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel''
* [[Snoopy%27s_siblings#Spike|Spike]], Snoopy's brother in the comic strip ''Peanuts''
* [[Spike Spiegel]], a character from the anime/manga series ''Cowboy Bebop''
* [[Spike (MGM)]], a recurring character on ''Tom and Jerry''
* [[Spike (Dragon Ball)|Spike (''Dragon Ball'')]] or Akkuman, a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media
* The Spike, one of the Titans in the 2007 videogame ''[[Crash of the Titans]]''
* Spike, a character in Dinosaurs as Robbie Sinclair's friend.
* [[Spike (The Land Before Time)|Spike (''The Land Before Time'')]] a character from the animated film, ''The Land Before Time''
* Spike, a facehugger and pet of Roger Wilco in [[Space Quest V: The Next Mutation]]
===Music===
* [[Spike (Elvis Costello album)|''Spike'' (Elvis Costello album)]], a 1989 album by Elvis Costello
* [[Spike (Puffy AmiYumi album)|''Spike'' (Puffy AmiYumi album)]], a 2001 album by Puffy AmiYumi
* [[Mark Stent|Mark "Spike" Stent]], a British record producer and audio engineer
===Books and magazines===
* ''[[Spike Magazine]]''
* [[The Spike (1980)|''The Spike'' (1980)]], a 1980 novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave
* [[The Spike (1997)|''The Spike'' (1997)]], novel by Damien Broderick
===Film and television===
* [[Spike (TV channel)]]
* ''[[Spike of Bensonhurst]]''
* [[Spike (stagecraft)]], a theatrical term
==Sports==
* Track spikes, traction-increasing devices on a [[track shoe]], worn during track and field events
* Spike, a term in [[volleyball#attack|volleyball]]
* Spike, a term in [[Glossary of American football#S|American football]]
* [[Takeo Spikes]], American football player
*Spike, a stinkpot turtle. Originally known as SSGPTMCI... more to come [Spike Sanchez Gonzales Papagorgeo The Mafia Chan Ishida... more to come]
==Software Development==
* [[Spike (software development)]] a focused explorative approach to a programming problem
==Other uses==
* [[Raceme|Spike]] (botany), a cluster of flowers on a common base
* [[Spike (missile)]] an Israeli fourth generation ATGM
* [[Spike (company)]], a video game company
* [[Spike band]], a bracelet or necklace
* [[Spike Island]] (disambiguation)
* [[Spike (music)]], a part of certain stringed instruments
* [[Spike Shooter]], a sports energy drink
* [[Action potential]], a concept in neuroscience
* [[Voltage spike]], also called an electrical surge
* Spike, term for an adolescent male [[deer]] or elk
* Spike, a type of [[raceme]] with sessile flowers
* Spike, nickname for the [[Spire of Dublin]]
* Spike, slang for syringe/hypodermic needle
* Spike, Heroin cut with scopolamine or strychnine
As a verb:
:* The act of driving a spike into the firing mechanism of a cannon, rendering it temporarily useless.
:* The act of [[tree spiking|driving a spike into a tree]], making it dangerous to cut with a chainsaw.
:* The act of adding extra alcohol to a party beverage, generally without the knowledge of other partygoers.
:* The act of injecting a hypodermic needle
==See also==
* [[Caltrop]]
* [[Punji stick]]
* [[Spike (given name)]]
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