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pike ¹  (pk)

n.

A long spear formerly used by infantry.

tr.v. piked, pik·ing, pikes

To attack or pierce with a pike.

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[French pique, from Old French, from piquer, to prick; see pique.]

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piked adj.

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pike ²  (pk)

n. pl. pike or pikes

1. A freshwater game and food fish (Esox lucius) of the Northern Hemisphere that has a long snout and attains a length of over 1.2 meters (4 feet). Also called northern pike.

2. Any of various similar or related fishes.

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[Middle English, perhaps from Old English pc, sharp point (from its shape).]

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pike ³  (pk)

n.

1. A turnpike.

2.

a. A tollgate on a turnpike.

b. A toll paid.

intr.v. piked, pik·ing, pikes

To move quickly.

Idiom:

come down the pike Slang

To come into prominence: "a policy . . . allowing for little flexibility if an important new singer comes down the pike" Christian Science Monitor.

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[Short for turnpike.]

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pike ⁴  (pk)

n. Chiefly British

A hill with a pointed summit.

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[Middle English, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

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pike ⁵  (pk)

n.

A spike or sharp point, as on the tip of a spear.

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[Middle English, from Old English pc.]

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pike ⁶  (pk)

n.

A mid-air position in sports such as diving and gymnastics in which the athlete bends to touch the feet or grab the calves or back of the thighs while keeping the legs straight.

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[Perhaps from pike².]

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pike ¹

Noun

pl pike or pikes a large predatory freshwater fish with a broad flat snout, strong teeth, and a long body covered with small scales [Old English pīc point, from the shape of its jaw]

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pike ²

Noun

a medieval weapon consisting of a metal spearhead on a long pole [Old English pīc point]

pikeman n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pike - a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway 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 highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transport toll road, turnpike - an expressway on which tolls are collected
	2.	pike - highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh pike - any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food muskellunge - flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish pickerel - flesh of young or small pike
	3.	pike - a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
	4.	pike - medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet 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 vouge - a kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
	5.	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 - highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

Translations

pike [paɪk] n (= spear) → pica;

(fish) → lucio

pike [paɪk] n (= spear) → pique f (= fish); brochet m

pike [paɪk] n (fish) → Hecht m (= spear); Spieß m

pike [paɪk] n (= spear) → picca;

(fish) → luccio

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pike

n pike [paik]

a large fierce fresh-water fish. varswatersnoek سَمَك الكَرَكي، زُنْجور щука štika gedde der Hecht λούτσος lucio haug اردک ماهی hauki brochet זֶאֶב-הַמָים बरछा, भाला štuka csuka nama ikan gedda luccio 川かます lydeka līdaka sejenis ikan air tawar snoek gjedde szczupak lúcio ştiucă щука šťuka ščuka štuka gädda ปลาน้ำจืดชนิดหนึ่ง turna balığı 梭子魚 щука ايک قسم کي مچھلي cá chó 梭子鱼