Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Books

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

Comics

* ''Spike'' (DC Thomson) a British comics anthology published by DC Thomson * ''Spike'' (IDW Publishing), an American comic book series featuring the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' character

Film and television

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

Spike (TV channel) Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel and the flagship property of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global, who operates it through the MTV Entertainment Group. The network's headquarters are located a ...

, a former name of the American cable network Paramount Network ** 5Spike, a former localized British version of the American channel ** Spike (Australian TV channel), a localized version of the American channel ** Spike (Dutch TV channel), 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), 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 side project of the band Green Day. It was released on September 30, 2003, through Adeline Records. Members of Green Day have denied being involved in the Network, ho ...

Periodicals

* '' Spike Art Magazine'', an art magazine based in Berlin and Vienna est. 2004 * '' Spike Magazine'', an internet cultural journal which began in 1996

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Spike (character), 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) Spiking, in journalism, is the act of withholding a story from publication for editorial, commercial, or political reasons. A spiking may be permanent, or temporary, depending on what instigated it and whether the objection(s) can be overcome. 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 (theatre), stage. This marking is used to show the correct position for set pieces, furniture, actors and ...

, 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 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 shoo ...

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

Spike (neuroscience) An action potential (also known as a nerve impulse or "spike" when in a neuron) is a series of quick changes in voltage across a cell membrane. An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls. ...

, 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. Using the SPIKES method for introducing and ...

, 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 viral envelope, enveloped virus. as cited in The proteins are usually glycoproteins that ...

, 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), American television writer and talk show host * Spike Jones (1911–1965), American musician and bandleader * Spike Jonze (born 1969), American filmma ...

, a list of people * Spike (surname), a list of people * Spikes (surname), a list of people

People with the name or stage name

In film

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

, an American filmmaker *

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary ...

, an American filmmaker

In music

Spike (musician) Jonathan Francis 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 performs as lead singer and has released 13 s ...

, singer of The Quireboys * Spike (Welsh guitarist), stage name of Mike Williams * Spike, stage name of Frans van Zoest, guitar player of rock band Di-rect *

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

, American bandleader and humorist *

Spike Slawson Sean "Spike" Slawson (born April 9, 1970) is an American punk rock musician, a member of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin' Utters, Filthy Thievin' Bastards, Re-Volts, Uke-Hunt, and Los Nuevos Bajos. Early life Having grown up in Pittsb ...

, 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

In professional wrestling

Spike Dudley Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is an American semi-retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for his tenure in WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Spike Dudley. Prior to WWE, Hyson began performing ...

, the ring name of American professional wrestler Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born 1970) * Moondog Spike, the ring name of American professional wrestler Bill Smithson * Spike Huber, a professional wrestler from the United States Wrestling Association * 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. ...

tag team The Heavy Metal Sisters

Sport

Spike (gridiron football) In gridiron football, a spike of the ball is the act of intentionally and forcefully throwing the ball to the ground. Most commonly, this takes the form of a celebration after a score (see below) or a play in which the quarterback intentionally thr ...

, 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 Summ ...

, 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 down ...

, 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 on the campus of Pennsylvania State University. The team was fo ...

, a baseball team that plays in the MLB Draft League * Track spikes, lightweight shoes with spikes screwed into their bottom, or spike plate, in order to maximize traction

Technology

Computing

* Spike (application), an email app which displays email in a chat-like format * Spike (database), a biological database * Spiking (fintech), 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, a mathematical parallel algorithm for solving banded systems of linear equations * Spike, a command in Microsoft Word

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 ** Track spikes, 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 e ...

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

Rail spike A rail fastening system is a means of fixing Rail profile, 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 r ...

, used to construct railroad tracks ** Screw spike, used to construct railroad tracks * Spike strip, 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 (Modern Hebrew, Hebrew: ספייק) is an Israeli fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and Anti-personnel weapon, anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. , it is in its sixth generation. It ...

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

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 known as a cannon 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 into the breech chamber of the barrel (where the com ...

Other uses

* Spike, to add

alcohol Alcohol may refer to: Common uses * Alcohol (chemistry), a class of compounds * Ethanol, one of several alcohols, commonly known as alcohol in everyday life ** Alcohol (drug), intoxicant found in alcoholic beverages ** Alcoholic beverage, an alco ...

or another recreational drug to a typically non-alcoholic drink or foodstuff ** Mickey Finn (drugs), a drink laced with an incapacitating drug * Spike, a colloquial name for a

workhouse In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (, lit. "poor-house") was a total institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. In Scotland, they were usually known as Scottish poorhouse, poorh ...

* Spike, Michigan, a former settlement * Needle spiking, alleged surreptitious injection of drugs *

Tree spiking Tree spiking involves hammering a metal rod, Nail (fastener), nail or other material into a tree trunk, either inserting it at the base of the trunk where a Lumberjack, logger might be expected to cut into the tree, or higher up where it would a ...

, a radical environmentalist tactic * Virgin's Spike (Latin: ''spīca virginis''), for the star

Spica Spica is the brightest object in the constellation of Virgo and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation α Virginis, which is Latinised to Alpha Virginis and abbreviated Alpha Vir or α Vir. Analys ...

* Sungai Petani–Inner Kedah Expressway, a proposed expressway in Kedah, Malaysia