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pike 1

 (pīk)
n.
A long spear formerly used by infantry.
tr.v. piked, pik·ing, pikes
To attack or pierce with a pike.

[French pique, from Old French, from piquer, to prick; see pique.]

piked adj.

pike 2

 (pīk)
n. pl. pike or pikes
1. 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.
2. Any of various fishes closely related to this fish, such as the muskellunge or the pickerels.
3. Any of various fishes that resemble this fish.

[Middle English, perhaps from Old English pīc, sharp point (from its shape).]

pike 3

 (pīk)
n.
1. A turnpike.
2. Archaic
a. A tollgate on a turnpike.
b. A toll paid.
intr.v. piked, pik·ing, pikes
To move quickly.
Idiom:
come down the pike Slang
To come into prominence: "a policy ... allowing for little flexibility if an important new singer comes down the pike" (Christian Science Monitor).

[Short for turnpike.]

pike 4

 (pīk)
n. Chiefly British
A hill with a pointed summit.

[Middle English, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

pike 5

 (pīk)
n.
A spike or sharp point, as on the tip of a spear.

[Middle English, from Old English pīc.]

pike 6

 (pīk)
n.
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.

[Probably from pike (from the resemblance of the position to the fish's head ).]
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pike

(paɪk)
n, pl pike or pikes
1. (Animals) 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. (Animals) any of various similar fishes
[C14: short for pikefish, from Old English pīc point, with reference to the shape of its jaw]

pike

(paɪk)
n
1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a medieval weapon consisting of an iron or steel spearhead joined to a long pole, the pikestaff
2. a point or spike
vb
(tr) to stab or pierce using a pike
[Old English pīc point, of obscure origin]

pike

(paɪk)
n
(Civil Engineering) short for turnpike1

pike

(paɪk)
n
(Physical Geography) dialect Northern English a pointed or conical hill
[Old English pīc, of obscure origin]

pike

(paɪk) or

piked

adj
(Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (of the body position of a diver) bent at the hips but with the legs straight
[C20: of obscure origin]
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pike1

(paɪk)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) pike, (esp. for 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.
[1275–1325; Middle English; so called from its pointed snout (see pike5)]

pike2

(paɪk)

n., v. piked, pik•ing. n.
1. a shafted weapon having a pointed head, formerly used by infantry.
v.t.
2. to pierce, wound, or kill with a pike.
[1505–15; < Middle French pique, feminine variant of pic pick2< Germanic. See pike5, pique1]

pike3

(paɪk)

n.
1. a toll road or highway; turnpike.
2. a tollgate.
3. the toll paid at a tollgate.
[1820–30, Amer.; short for turnpike]

pike5

(paɪk)

n.
1. a sharply pointed projection or spike.
2. the pointed end of anything, as of an arrow or a spear.
[before 900; Middle English pik pick, spike, (pilgrim's) staff, Old English pīc pointed tool. See pick2]

pike7

(paɪk)
n.
a midair position assumed by divers and gymnasts in which the torso and head are bent forward and the legs held together with knees straight.
[1955–60; perhaps identical with pike1]

Pike

(paɪk)

n.
Zebulon Montgomery, 1779–1813, U.S. general and explorer.
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pike


Past participle: piked
Gerund: piking

Imperative
pike
pike
Present
I pike
you pike
he/she/it pikes
we pike
you pike
they pike
Preterite
I piked
you piked
he/she/it piked
we piked
you piked
they piked
Present Continuous
I am piking
you are piking
he/she/it is piking
we are piking
you are piking
they are piking
Present Perfect
I have piked
you have piked
he/she/it has piked
we have piked
you have piked
they have piked
Past Continuous
I was piking
you were piking
he/she/it was piking
we were piking
you were piking
they were piking
Past Perfect
I had piked
you had piked
he/she/it had piked
we had piked
you had piked
they had piked
Future
I will pike
you will pike
he/she/it will pike
we will pike
you will pike
they will pike
Future Perfect
I will have piked
you will have piked
he/she/it will have piked
we will have piked
you will have piked
they will have piked
Future Continuous
I will be piking
you will be piking
he/she/it will be piking
we will be piking
you will be piking
they will be piking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been piking
you have been piking
he/she/it has been piking
we have been piking
you have been piking
they have been piking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been piking
you will have been piking
he/she/it will have been piking
we will have been piking
you will have been piking
they will have been piking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been piking
you had been piking
he/she/it had been piking
we had been piking
you had been piking
they had been piking
Conditional
I would pike
you would pike
he/she/it would pike
we would pike
you would pike
they would pike
Past Conditional
I would have piked
you would have piked
he/she/it would have piked
we would have piked
you would have piked
they would have piked
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pike - a broad highway designed for high-speed trafficpike - a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
autobahn - an expressway in a German-speaking country
autostrada - an expressway in an Italian-speaking country
carriageway - one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transport
toll road, turnpike - an expressway on which tolls are collected
2.pike - highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
pike - any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
muskellunge - flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
pickerel - flesh of young or small pike
3.pike - a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
4.pike - medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
halberd - a pike fitted with an ax head
partizan, partisan - a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
pikestaff - the staff of a pike
spearpoint, spear-point, spearhead - the head and sharpened point of a spear
vouge - a kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century
weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
5.pike - any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Esox, genus Esox - type and only genus of the family Esocidae
Esox lucius, northern pike - voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere
Esox masquinongy, muskellunge - large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America
pickerel - any of several North American species of small pike
pike - highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
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Translations
سَمَك الكَرَكي، زُنْجور
щука
štikapíka
geddepike
haug
haukipeitsi
štuka
csuka
gedda
lucius
lydeka
līdaka
ştiucă
šťuka
ščuka
štukaштука
gäddapik
turna balığı
щука

pike

1 [paɪk] N (Mil) → pica f

pike

2 [paɪk] N (pike or pikes (pl)) (= fish) → lucio m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pike

[ˈpaɪk] n
(= fish) → brochet m
(= weapon) → pique f
Some of them carried pikes with the heads of their victims on top → Certains d'entre eux portaient les têtes de leurs victimes au bout d'une pique.
(US) to come down the pike → se présenter
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pike

1
n (= weapon)Pike f, → Spieß m

pike

2
n (= fish)Hecht m

pike

3
n (US inf: = toll-road) → Mautstraße f; (= barrier)Mautschranke f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pike

1 [paɪk] n (fish) → luccio

pike

2 [paɪk] n (spear) → picca
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pike

(paik) plural pike noun
a large fierce fresh-water fish.
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References in classic literature ?
After an early breakfast at Morristown, the tobacco pedlar, whose name was Dominicus Pike, had travelled seven miles through a solitary piece of woods, without speaking a word to anybody but himself and his little gray mare.
Pike, the malingerer, leaped upon the crippled animal, breaking its neck with a quick flash of teeth and a jerk, Buck got a frothing adversary by the throat, and was sprayed with blood when his teeth sank through the jugular.
"I mean to go to the pond and look at the pike. You may go with me if you like," said the young sultan.
What's the use of bragging about being from the North, or the South, or the old manor house in the dale, or Euclid avenue, Cleveland, or Pike's Peak, or Fairfax County, Va., or Hooligan's Flats or any place?
Once, he went aloft, and the rope broke, and they caught him shrieking; twice, he went aloft, and the rope broke, and they caught him shrieking; then, the rope was merciful, and held him, and his head was soon upon a pike, with grass enough in the mouth for all Saint Antoine to dance at the sight of.
As soon as they come to a place they think convenient to halt at, the officer that commands the vanguard marks out with his pike the place for the King's or viceroy's tent: every one knows his rank, and how much ground he shall take up; so the camp is formed in an instant.
Immediately in front of the house was a lawn, perhaps fifty yards in extent between the house and public road, or, as it was called, the "pike." Beyond this road lay a close-cropped pasture of some ten acres, level and without a tree, rock, or any natural or artificial object on its surface.
But Don Quixote, supported by his intrepid heart, leaped on Rocinante, and bracing his buckler on his arm, brought his pike to the slope, and said, "Friend Sancho, know that I by Heaven's will have been born in this our iron age to revive revive in it the age of gold, or the golden as it is called; I am he for whom perils, mighty achievements, and valiant deeds are reserved; I am, I say again, he who is to revive the Knights of the Round Table, the Twelve of France and the Nine Worthies; and he who is to consign to oblivion the Platirs, the Tablantes, the Olivantes and Tirantes, the Phoebuses and Belianises, with the whole herd of famous knights-errant of days gone by, performing in these in which I live such exploits, marvels, and feats of arms as shall obscure their brightest deeds.
UNTIL SHE WAS seven years old she lived in an old unpainted house on an unused road that led off Trunion Pike. Her father gave her but little attention and her mother was dead.
Consequence of vich, they retires from the world, and shuts themselves up in pikes; partly with the view of being solitary, and partly to rewenge themselves on mankind by takin' tolls.'
"The cannon opened the action; the regiments marched full of resolution; the pikemen with pikes elevated, the musket-bearers with their weapons ready.
Quasimodo who did not hear, saw the naked swords, the torches, the irons of the pikes, all that cavalry, at the head of which he recognized Captain Phoebus; he beheld the confusion of the outcasts, the terror of some, the disturbance among the bravest of them, and from this unexpected succor he recovered so much strength, that he hurled from the church the first assailants who were already climbing into the gallery.