"spikes provide greater traction"
"the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor"
"the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game" "golfers' spikes damage the putting greens"
"one of the spikes impaled him"
"the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"
"they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie"
"impale a shrimp on a skewer"
"my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"
"the punch is spiked!"
"the voltage spiked"