Definition of pike Pike
/pajˈk/ - [payk] - Pike
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| pike - any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere | ||
| percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | ||
| esox, genus esox type and only genus of the family Esocidae | ||
| esox lucius, northern pike voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere | ||
| esox masquinongy, muskellunge large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America | ||
| pickerel any of several North American species of small pike | ||
| pike - medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet | ||
| weapon system, weapon, arm any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" | ||
| halberd a pike fitted with an ax head | ||
| partizan, partisan a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | ||
| pikestaff the staff of a pike | ||
| spear-point, spearpoint, spearhead the head and sharpened point of a spear | ||
| pike - highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh | ||
| freshwater fish flesh of fish from fresh water used as food | ||
| pike any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere | ||
| muskellunge large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America | ||
| pike - a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) | ||
| pike - a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | ||
| expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway | ||
| highway, main road a major road for any form of motor transport | ||
| autobahn an expressway in a German-speaking country | ||
| autostrada an expressway in an Italian-speaking country | ||
| carriageway one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pike (Noun)
A very long thrusting spear used two-handed by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. The pike is not intended to be thrown. - pike (Noun)
A sharp point, such as that of the weapon. - pike (Noun)
Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike ,. - pike (Noun)
A turnpike. - pike (Noun)
A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe, found in old-fashioned footwear. - pike (Noun)
A dive position with knees straight and a tight bend at the hips. - pike (Noun)
A hayfork. - pike (Noun)
A pick. - pike (Noun)
A large haycock. - pike (Noun)
A mountain peak or summit. - pike (Verb)
To attack, prod, or injure someone with a pike. - pike (Verb)
To quit or back out of a promise.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pike (n. & v.)
A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet. - pike (n. & v.)
A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. - pike (n. & v.)
A hayfork. - pike (n. & v.)
A pick. - pike (n. & v.)
A pointed or peaked hill. - pike (n. & v.)
A large haycock. - pike (n. & v.)
A turnpike; a toll bar. - pike (sing. & pl.)
A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pike
Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox. -
pike
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pike
pÄ«k, n. a sharp point: a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head like a spear, formerly used by foot-soldiers: a sharp-pointed hill or summit: a voracious fresh-water fish (so called from its pointed snout).—adj. Piked, ending in a point.—ns. Pike′-head, the head of a pike or spear; Pike′-keep′er, the keeper of a turnpike; Pike′let, a tea-cake; Pike′man, a man armed with a pike: a man in charge of a turnpike gate; Pike′-perch, a common percoid fish; Pike′staff, the staff or shaft of a pike: a staff with a pike at the end. [A.S. pÃc, piic, a pike; Dut. piek, Ger. pike, pieke; or Celt., as Gael. pìc, a pike, W. pig, a point.] -
pike
pīk, v.i. to go quickly.—n. a turnpike.—n. Pī′ker, a tramp
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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pike
(See HALF-PIKE.) A long, slender, round staff, armed at the end with iron. (See BOARDING-PIKE and PYKE.) Formerly in general use, but which gave way to the bayonet. Also, the peak of a hill. Also, a fish, the Esox lucius, nicknamed the fresh-water shark.
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