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A spiker is a piece of rail transport maintenance of way equipment. Its purpose is to drive rail spikes into the ties on a rail track to hold the rail in place. Many different sizes of spikers are manufactured and in use around the world.
Historically, spikers was the slang-name for the rail workers who drove in the spikes after the gandy dancers laid the track on the tie.
Spiker could refer to:
- Spiker - a piece of rail transport maintenance of way equipment for driving rail spikes.
- Spiker - a 1986 film.
- Spiker - a character in the children's hospital radio series " The Space Gypsy Adventures" as narrated by John Leeson.
- Spiker - a character in the Star Wars universe.
- Spiker - a position in volleyball.
- A weapon used by the Covenant in Halo 3. It is used mostly by the Brutes and the weapon fires molten spikes.
Spiker is an American 1986 sports drama film starring Michael Parks and directed by Roger Tilton.
Usage examples of "spiker".
The spikers were lathered, moving on the imperative with princelike unresttaint, jumping beautifully, ducking, charging, making perft targets.
Among them were arc spikers, candlefly pulpers, reactor clampers, netters, and of course the three Elders, each with his or her own job in the hunt.
He is never among the first wave to put his tools downlike Thick Shanks the cactus spiker who Judah thinks is a Runagater, like Shaun Sullervan the pugnacious alltradesmanbut he is always among the second.
Among them were arc spikers, candlefly pulpers, reactor clampers, netters, and of course the three Elders, each with his or her own job in the hunt.