pike
Meaning of pike
noun
- A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
- A sharp point, such as that of the weapon.
- A large haycock.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
- A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
- Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England.
- A pick, a pickaxe.
- A hayfork.
- A penis.
- To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
- To assume a pike position.
- To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
- Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
Don’t pike on me like you did last time!
- Short for turnpike.
There is heavy traffic on the Mass Pike
- A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
- To equip with a turnpike.
- (thieves' cant) To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.
Information about pike
- The plural form of pike is: pikes.
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Hyphenation of pike
pike
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- pike is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pike synonyms
Meaning expressway:
expressway, freeway, motorway, superhighway, throughway, thruway
Translation of pike
- German: Hecht, Speer, Spieß, Lanze
- French: brochet, lance
- Italian: luccio, lancia
- Portuguese: lúcio, lança
- Spanish: lucio, lanza, pica
Anagrams of pike
Words that rhyme with pike
Pike, pitchpike, demipike, Hallpike, rampike, disturnpike, ranpike, shunpike, turnpike, garpike, Spike, handspike, marlinespike, marlingspike, marlinspike, muspike, polyspike, spike, unspike
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