Spike

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1 The word "spike"
2 The name "Spike"
3 The title "Spike"

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).

Many fictional characters have been called Spike:

Cartoon dogs named "Spike":

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

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

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