The word "spike" The word spike can refer to: 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). The name "Spike" Real people named Spike include: filmmaker Spike Lee filmmaker Spike Jonze satirist Spike Jones satirist Spike Milligan jazz musician '''Spike Robinson vampire Spike Blogs Many fictional characters have been called Spike: Spike Spiegel, in a Japanese animation, Cowboy Bebop Spike, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Spike, Fonzie's cousin in Happy Days Spike Fumo, in Spike of Bensonhurst Spike, in Degrassi Junior High Spike Thomson, in Press Gang Cartoon dogs named "Spike":