Pike /(?)/

Pike

n.
  1. A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet. (Mil.)
  2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.
  3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.]
  5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
  6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.]
  7. A turnpike; a toll bar.
  8. A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds

Gar pike
See under Gar.
Pike perch
any fresh-water fish of the genus Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye, and Sauger.
Pike pole
a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs.
Pike whale
a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Balænoptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale.
Sand pike
the lizard fish.
Sea pike
the garfish (a).