EGAVE

pike

About 2.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. noun A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
  3. noun A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
  4. noun Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
  5. noun 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  6. noun A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe. A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
  7. noun A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
  8. noun Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
    Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England.

Similar words

thruway motorway throughway expressway freeway superhighway state highway spike jab spade

Often followed by

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Word family

Pike Zebulon Montgomery Pike northern northern pike pik piked pikes piking

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