Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Books

* ''The Spike'' (novel), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave * ''The Spike'' (book), a nonfiction book by Damien Broderick * ''The Spike'', a starship in Peter F. Hamilton's ''

The Evolutionary Void The ''Void Trilogy'' is a space opera series by British author Peter F. Hamilton. The series is set in the same universe as The '' Commonwealth Saga'', 1,200 years after the end of '' Judas Unchained''. Peter F. Hamilton sold the American rights ...

Comics

* ''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

Film and television

* ''Spike'' (2008 film), directed by Robert Beaucage *

Spike (dog) ''For fictional dogs named Spike, see Spike (character)#Dogs''. Spike (1952–1962) was a lop-eared yellow Mastador (Mastiff/ Labrador Retriever crossbreed) and a dog actor best known for his performance as the title character in the 1957 film '' ...

, a dog actor *

Spike (TV channel) Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks. The network's headquarters are located at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles. The channel was or ...

, a former name of the American cable network Paramount Network **

5Spike 5Spike was a British free-to-air television channel owned by ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia. Launching on 15 April 2015 on Freeview as just Spike, it was a localised version of the American cable channel Spike (now Paramount Network), and be ...

, a former localized British version of the American channel **

Spike (Australian TV channel) Spike was an Australian pay television channel owned by ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia. It launched on 1 July 2016 on Fetch TV and was exclusive to that service. A localised version of the U.S. channel of the same name, it primarily aired ent ...

, a localized version of the American channel **

Spike (Dutch TV channel) Paramount Network is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel in the Netherlands, based on the American rebranded Paramount Network. The television channels launched as Spike on 1 October 2015. It was the third Spike channel next to the US and U ...

, a localized version of the American channel * "Spike!", a segment of the 2017 Thai TV series '' Project S: The Series''

Music

* ''Spike'' (Agata album), 2004 * ''Spike'' (Puffy AmiYumi album), 2001 * ''Spike'' (Elvis Costello album), 1989 *

Spike (music) Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Books * The Spike (novel), ''The Spike'' (novel), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave * The Spike (book), ''The Spike'' (book), a nonfiction book by Damien Broderick * ''The Spik ...

, a part of certain stringed instruments * "Spikes", a song by Death Grips from the album '' Bottomless Pit'' * "Spike", a song from The Network album ''

Money Money 2020 ''Money Money 2020'' is the debut studio album by new wave band the Network (a Green Day side project). It was released on September 30, 2003, through Adeline Records. Members of Green Day have denied being involved in the Network, however, Mike ...

Periodicals

* ''

Spike Art Quarterly Spike Art Magazine or simply Spike, is a contemporary art magazine published in print four times a year with new content published online weekly. ''Spike'' was founded in Vienna, Austria in 2004 by artist Rita Vitorelli. In 2014, along with the ...

'' an art magazine based in Berlin and Vienna est. 2004 * ''

Spike Magazine ''Spike Magazine'' is an internet cultural journal which began in 1995, founded by its editor Chris Mitchell in Brighton, England. Updated monthly, its motto is "picking the brains of popular culture", though it has an intellectual inclination. D ...

'', an internet cultural journal which began in 1996

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Spike (character) Spike may refer to any of the following fictional characters: People * Spike Spiegel, from the Japanese anime ''Cowboy Bebop'' * Spike, a main playable character in the ''Ape Escape'' video game series * Spike (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), a v ...

, a list of fictional characters named Spike *

Spike (company) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Most of the staff were part of Human Entertainment. Human's ''Fire Pro Wrestling'' series was acquired by Spike after Human ceased operations. In April 2012, the company merged with Chunsoft to ...

, a video game company *

Spike (journalism) {{unreferenced, date=November 2012 Spiking is the act of withholding a story from publication for editorial, commercial, or political reasons. Its facts and grammar may be valid, but its content is deemed to be at odds with the interests of the ...

, to decide not to publish or publicize a story *

Spike (stagecraft) In stagecraft, a spike is a marking, usually made with a piece of tape (although some theatres use paint pens), put on or around the stage. This marking is used to show the correct position for set pieces, furniture, actors and other items which ...

, markings on a stage to show the correct positioning of objects and actors * ''Spike'' (video game), a 1983 platform game for the Vectrex video game system

Biology and medicine

Spike (botany) A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...

, a kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis *

Spike (neuroscience) An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell location rapidly rises and falls. This depolarization then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarize. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, c ...

, or action potential *

SPIKES The SPIKES protocol is a method used in clinical medicine to break bad news to patients and families. As receiving bad news can cause distress and anxiety, clinicians need to deliver the news carefully. By using the SPIKES method for introducing a ...

, a clinical protocol used to break bad news to patients *

Spike protein In virology, a spike protein or peplomer protein is a protein that forms a large structure known as a spike or peplomer projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus. as cited in The proteins are usually glycoproteins that form dimers or ...

, a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells *

Spine (zoology) In a zoological context, spines are hard, needle-like anatomical structures found in both vertebrate and invertebrate species. The spines of most spiny mammals are modified hairs, with a spongy center covered in a thick, hard layer of keratin and ...

, a hard, needle-like anatomical structure

People

Names

Spike (nickname) Spike is a nickname of the following people: Arts and entertainment * Spike Feresten (born 1964), television writer and talk show host * Spike Jones (1911–1965), American musician and bandleader * Spike Jonze (born 1969), American filmmaker and p ...

, a list of people *

Spike (surname) Spike is the surname of: * John Spike (born 1951), American art historian, curator and author * Michèle Kahn Spike, American lawyer, historian, and prominent lay figure in the Episcopalian church * Paul Spike, American author, editor and journal ...

, a list of people *

Spikes (surname) Spikes is the surname of: * Brandon Spikes (born 1987), American National Football League (NFL) linebacker * Cameron Spikes (born 1976), American former NFL football guard * Charlie Spikes (born 1951), Major League Baseball player * Irving Spikes ...

, a list of people

People with the name or stage name

In film

Spike Jonze Adam H. Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze began his ca ...

, an American filmmaker *

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...

, an American filmmaker

In music

Spike (musician) Jonathan Gray (born 4 February 1966), known professionally as Spike, or Spike Gray, is an English singer-songwriter and founding member of the British rock band the Quireboys, for whom he performed as lead singer and released 12 studio albums ...

, singer of The Quireboys *

Spike (Welsh guitarist) Mark Williams more commonly known as Spike or Spike Williams is a Welsh guitarist and co-founder of South Wales' record label, Z Block Records. He was a member of the Cardiff-based band Reptile Ranch. Career history Named was Spike's record labe ...

, stage name of Mike Williams * Spike, stage name of Frans van Zoest, guitar player of rock band

Di-rect Di-rect is a rock music, rock band from The Hague, the Netherlands, which was formed in 1999. The current line-up consists of Jamie Westland (drums), Frans "Spike" van Zoest (guitar), Bas van Wageningen (bass), Paul Jan Bakker (guitar) and Marc ...

Spike Jones Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gun ...

, American bandleader and humorist *

Spike Slawson Spike Slawson is an American punk rock musician, a member of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin' Utters, Filthy Thievin' Bastards, Re-Volts, and Uke-Hunt. Early life Having grown up in Pittsburgh, Slawson worked in the mail order departme ...

, American punk vocalist and bassist of the Swinging Utters and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes * Spike Xavier, lead singer of nu metal band

Corporate Avenger Corporate Avenger was an American nu metal band from Southern California. History The idea for the band Corporate Avenger was born some time between 1995 and 1996 when brothers, Spike and Brad Xavier were on tour in the band Humble Gods. ...

In professional wrestling

Spike Dudley Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Spike Dudley. Prior to WWE, Hyson began performing as Spike Dudley in the 1990s with E ...

, the ring name of former American professional wrestler Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born 1970) *

Moondog Spike William Smithson (May 31, 1950 – March 21, 2013) was a professional wrestler who wrestled as Moondog Spike during the early 1990s with Moondog Spot from 1991 to 1992 and Moondog Cujo from 1992 to 1993 as part of The Moondogs. Professional wres ...

, the ring name of American professional wrestler Bill Smithson * Spike Huber, a professional wrestler from the

United States Wrestling Association The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. The company was founded when the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association merged with the Dallas-based World Class Wrestling ...

* Spike, a professional wrestler, half of the

Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (also known by its initials as GLOW or G.L.O.W.) is a women's professional wrestling promotion that began in 1986 (the pilot was filmed in December 1985) and has continued in various forms after it left television. C ...

tag team The Heavy Metal Sisters

Sport

Spike (gridiron football) In gridiron football, a spike of the ball is a play in which the quarterback intentionally throws the ball at the ground immediately after the snap. Officially an incomplete pass, a spike play stops the clock at the cost of exhausting a down witho ...

, a play in American football *

Spike (volleyball) Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summe ...

, a form of volleyball attack *

Spikes (mascot) The Rochester Red Wings are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Rochester, New York, and play their home games at Innovative Field, located in downto ...

, the mascot of the Minor League AAA Rochester Red Wings *

State College Spikes The State College Spikes are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in State College, Pennsylvania, and play their home games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on the campus of Pennsylvania State University. The ...

, a minor league baseball team that plays in the New York – Penn League *

Track spikes Track spikes, or just spikes, are a type of footwear featuring protruding spikes on the soles used by athletes when racing on the track. Some spikes are designed for longer-term training on tracks, but generally the shoes are used for racing. Th ...

, lightweight shoes with spikes screwed into their bottom, or spike plate, in order to maximize traction

Technology

Computing

Spike (application) Spike is an email application for Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android and the web, which enables users to view email in a chat-like, conversational format, with additional features built-in. History Founded in 2013 by Erez Pilosof and Dvir Ben-Aroya, S ...

, an email app which displays email in a chat-like format * Spike (database), a biological database *

Spiking (fintech) Spiking is a social trading platform providing financial information about 10 stock exchange markets in Asia and Australia. By processing the latest disclosures published on the markets, the platform allows investors to track stocks for moves made ...

, a social trading platform *

Spike (software development) A spike is a product development method originating from extreme programming that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions. It is used to determine how much work will be required to solve or work around a software issue. ...

, a small task done to reduce uncertainty about a larger task *

SPIKE algorithm The SPIKE algorithm is a hybrid parallel solver for banded linear systems developed by Eric Polizzi and Ahmed Sameh Overview The SPIKE algorithm deals with a linear system , where is a banded n\times n matrix of bandwidth much less than n, and i ...

, a mathematical parallel algorithm for solving banded systems of linear equations

Mechanical devices

Cleat (shoe) Cleats or studs are protrusions on the sole of a shoe or on an external attachment to a shoe that provide additional traction on a soft or slippery surface. They can be conical or blade-like in shape and can be made of plastic, rubber or metal ...

, a protrusion on the sole of a shoe to provide traction **

, lightweight shoes with spikes screwed into their bottom, or spike plate *

Nail (fastener) In woodworking and construction, a nail is a small object made of metal (or wood, called a tree nail or "trunnel") which is used as a fastener, as a peg to hang something, or sometimes as a decoration. Generally, nails have a sharp point on one ...

, or spike, especially one over ten inches (25 cm) long **

Rail spike A rail fastening system is a means of fixing rails to railroad ties (North America) or sleepers (British Isles, Australasia, and Africa). The terms ''rail anchors'', ''tie plates'', ''chairs'' and ''track fasteners'' are used to refer to parts ...

, used to construct railroad tracks **

Screw spike A rail fastening system is a means of fixing rails to railroad ties ( North America) or sleepers (British Isles, Australasia, and Africa). The terms ''rail anchors'', ''tie plates'', ''chairs'' and ''track fasteners'' are used to refer to parts ...

, used to construct railroad tracks *

Spike strip A spike strip (spike belt, traffic spikes, tire shredders, stingers, stop sticks, Stinger or formally known as a tire deflation device) is a device or incident weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tir ...

, a device used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles *

Spindle (stationery) A spindle (or colloquially, a spike) is an upright spike used to temporarily hold papers. "Spindling" or "spiking" is the act of spearing an item onto the spike. A spindle was often used in restaurants to hold orders from the waitstaff to the ...

, an upright spike used to hold papers

Other uses in technology

Spike (missile) Spike (Hebrew: ספייק) is an Israeli fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. , it is in its fourth generation. It was developed and designed by the Isr ...

an Israeli fourth generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) *

Voltage spike In electrical engineering, spikes are fast, short duration electrical transients in voltage (voltage spikes), current (current spikes), or transferred energy (energy spikes) in an electrical circuit. Fast, short duration electrical transients ...

, also called an electrical surge, an electronic glitch * Spiking a gun, a method of rendering a cannon temporarily inoperable by driving a metal spike into the

touch hole A touch hole, also called a vent, is a small hole at the rear (breech) portion of the barrel of a muzzleloading gun or cannon. The hole provides external access of an ignition spark (fire), spark into the breech chamber of the barrel (where the ...

Other uses

* Spike, to add

alcohol Alcohol most commonly refers to: * Alcohol (chemistry), an organic compound in which a hydroxyl group is bound to a carbon atom * Alcohol (drug), an intoxicant found in alcoholic drinks Alcohol may also refer to: Chemicals * Ethanol, one of sev ...

or another recreational drug to a typically non-alcoholic drink or foodstuff **

Mickey Finn (drugs) In slang, a Mickey Finn (or simply a Mickey) is a drink laced with an incapacitating agent, particularly chloral hydrate, given to someone without their knowledge with the intent to incapacitate them or "knock them out"; hence the colloquial name kn ...

, a drink laced with an incapacitating drug * Spike, a colloquial name for a

workhouse In Britain, a workhouse () was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. (In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses.) The earliest known use of the term ''workhouse'' ...

* Spike, Michigan, a former settlement *

Tree spiking Tree spiking involves hammering a metal rod, nail or other material into a tree trunk, either inserting it at the base of the trunk where a logger might be expected to cut into the tree, or higher up where it would affect the sawmill later proces ...

, a radical environmentalist tactic