pike

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Noun

1. 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. A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
3. A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
4. Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
5. 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. 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. A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
8. Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
   • Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England.
9. A pick, a pickaxe.
10. A hayfork.
11. A penis.

Verb

1. To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
2. To assume a pike position.
3. To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
4. Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
   • Don’t pike on me like you did last time!

Noun

1. Clipping of turnpike.
   • They tried out every idea that came down the pike.
   • There is heavy traffic on the Mass Pike.
2. A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.

Verb

1. To equip with a turnpike.
2. To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.

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