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pike1 definition

pike (pīk)

noun

a highway: now chiefly in the informal phrase come down the pike, to happen or appear
pike2 definition

pike (pīk)

noun

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

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

transitive verb piked, piking pik′·ing

to pierce or kill with or as with a pike
pike3 definition

pike (pīk)

noun pl. pike or pikes

  1. 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
  2. any of various fishes resembling the true pikes, as the walleye

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

pike4 definition

pike (pīk)

noun

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

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

pike5 definition

pike (pīk)

noun

  1. a peaked summit
  2. a mountain or hill with a peaked summit

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

Pike definition

Pike (pīk)

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery (zeb′yo̵o lən) 1779-1813; U.S. general & explorer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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