Pike

[paɪk]

Definition

(noun.) any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere.

(noun.) medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet.

(noun.) a sharp point (as on the end of a spear).

(noun.) highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh.

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Definition

(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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.

(n. & v.) A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.

(n. & v.) A hayfork.

(n. & v.) A pick.

(n. & v.) A pointed or peaked hill.

(n. & v.) A large haycock.

(n. & v.) A turnpike; a toll bar.

(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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Turnpike-gate.[2]. [U. S.] Turnpike, turnpike road.[3]. (Ich.) Luce, true-jack.

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Definition

v.i. to go quickly.—n. a turnpike.—n. Pī′ker a tramp.

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.

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