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The definition of a pike is a summit, mountain or hill with a peak, or a spike or spear, or a slender fish with sharp teeth in the family Esocidae and order Salmoniformes.

(noun)

An example of a pike is a major country road.
An example of a pike is a long hunting spear.
An example of a pike is an Esox.

Pike is defined as to pierce or kill with a spear.

(verb)

An example of pike is to stab a fish with a spear.

See pike in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a highway: now chiefly in the informal phrase , to happen or appear

noun

a weapon, formerly used by foot soldiers, consisting of a metal spearhead on a long wooden shaft

Origin: Fr pique < piquer, to pierce, prick < VL *piccare: see picador

transitive verb piked, piking

to pierce or kill with or as with a pike

noun pl. pike or pikes

any of a family (Esocidae, order Salmoniformes) of slender, voracious, freshwater bony fishes with a narrow, pointed head and conspicuous, sharp teeth; esp., a species (Esox lucius) of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere
any of various fishes resembling the true pikes, as the walleye

Origin: ME pik, prob. < pike (see pike), from the pointed head

noun

a spike; point, as the pointed tip of a spear

Origin: ME pike < OE pic, pickax, prob. akin to OFr, pick, pickax < VL *piccus: see picador

noun

a peaked summit
a mountain or hill with a peaked summit

Origin: ME, prob. < ON pik < ? OFr pique < L picus: see picador

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery 1779-1813; U.S. general & explorer

See pike in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A long spear formerly used by infantry.

transitive verb piked piked, pik·ing, pikes pikes

To attack or pierce with a pike.

Origin:

Origin: French pique

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from piquer, to prick; see pique

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piked piked adjective

noun pl. pike pike or pikes

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.
Any of various similar or related fishes.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , perhaps from Old English pīc, sharp point (from its shape)

noun

A turnpike.
a. A tollgate on a turnpike.
b. A toll paid.

intransitive verb piked piked, pik·ing, pikes pikes

To move quickly.

Origin:

Origin: Short for turnpike

noun
Chiefly British

A hill with a pointed summit.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, possibly of Scandinavian origin

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English pīc

noun

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 together and straight.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from pike²

American army officer and explorer noted for his expedition up the Arkansas River to the Rocky Mountains (1806-1807). Pikes Peak is named for him.

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