spiking

1. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.

   to spike down planks

2. To set or furnish with spikes.
3. To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
4. To fix on a spike.
5. To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
6. To increase sharply.

   Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads.

7. To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.

   She spiked my lemonade with vodka!

8. To add a small amount of one substance to another.

   The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents.

9. To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
10. To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
11. (football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.

noun

The act by which something is spiked.