Pike (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural (especially collectively) pike, (especially 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.
  2. any of various superficially similar fishes, as the walleye or pikeperch.
noun
  1. a shafted weapon having a pointed head, formerly used by infantry.
verb (used with object), piked, pik·ing.
  1. to pierce, wound, or kill with or as with a pike.
noun
  1. a toll road or highway; turnpike.
  2. a tollgate on a turnpike.
  3. the toll paid at a tollgate.
Idioms
  1. to appear or come forth: the greatest idea that ever came down the pike.
noun Chiefly British.
  1. a hill or mountain with a pointed summit.
noun
  1. a sharply pointed projection or spike.
  2. the pointed end of anything, as of an arrow or a spear.
verb (used without object), piked, pik·ing.Older Slang.
  1. to go, leave, or move along quickly.
noun Diving, Gymnastics.
  1. a body position, resembling aV shape, 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.
noun
  1. U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.
  2. U.S. general and explorer.
noun plural pike or pikes
  1. any of several large predatory freshwater teleost fishes of the genus Esox, esp E. lucius (northern pike), having a broad flat snout, strong teeth, and an elongated body covered with small scales: family Esocidae
  2. any of various similar fishes
noun
  1. a medieval weapon consisting of an iron or steel spearhead joined to a long pole, the pikestaff
  2. a point or spike
verb
  1. to stab or pierce using a pike
noun
  1. short for turnpike (def. 1)
noun
  1. a pointed or conical hill
adjective
  1. (of the body position of a diver) bent at the hips but with the legs straight
Pike (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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