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pike
Pronunciation: (pīk), [key]—
n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) pike, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) pikes.
1. any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus
Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
2. any of various superficially similar fishes, as the walleye or pikeperch.
pike
Pronunciation: (pīk), [key]
—n., v., piked, pik•ing.
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n.
a shafted weapon having a pointed head, formerly used by infantry.
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v.t.
to pierce, wound, or kill with or as with a pike.
pike
Pronunciation: (pīk), [key]—
n.
1. a toll road or highway; turnpike road.
2. a turnpike or tollgate.
3. the toll paid at a tollgate.
4. come down the pike, Informal.to appear or come forth:
the greatest idea that ever came down the pike. pike
Pronunciation: (pīk), [key]—
n. Chiefly Brit.
a hill or mountain with a pointed summit.
pike
Pronunciation: (pīk), [key]—
n.
1. a sharply pointed projection or spike.
2. the pointed end of anything, as of an arrow or a spear.
pike
Pronunciation: (pīk), [key]—
v.i., piked, pik•ing.
Older Slang.
to go, leave, or move along quickly.
pike
Pronunciation: (pīk), [key]—
n. Diving, Gymnastics.
a body position, resembling a
Vshape, in which the back and head are bent forward and the legs lifted and held together, with the hands touching the feet or backs of the knees or the arms extended sideways. Cf.
layout (def. 10),
tuck 1 (def. 14).
Pike
Pronunciation: (pīk), [key]—
n.
1. James Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.
2. Zeb•u•lon Montgomery Pronunciation: (zeb'yoo-lun), [key] 1779–1813, U.S. general and explorer.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
