What is Spike?
{{enWiktionary|spike}} '''Spike''' could mean: * [[Nail (engineering)|Nail]], especially one more than 100mm (4&nbsp;inches) long * [[Rail spike]]s used to secure railroad rails to the wooden ties * Spiked [[shoe]]s worn by athletes, which provide more traction (similar to cleats) * An adolescent [[buck|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 network)|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 [[anti-tank guided 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: * ''[[Spike (novel)|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 [[Rap music|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 [[Wrestling|wrestler]] * [[Spike (porn star)]], a [[gay]] [[pornography]] act