Noun
any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere

Noun
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Noun
medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet

Noun
a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)

Noun
highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

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n. & v.
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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.

n. & v.
A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.

n. & v.
A hayfork.

n. & v.
A pick.

n. & v.
A pointed or peaked hill.

n. & v.
A large haycock.

n. & v.
A turnpike; a toll bar.

sing. & pl.
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.

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Pike

Pike , n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. & v., Peak, Pique.] 1. (Mil.) 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 It is now superseded by the bayonet. 2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. Beau. & Fl. 3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser. 4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Raymond. 5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.] 6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 7. A turnpike; a toll bar. Dickens. 8. (Zo'94l.) sing. & pl. 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. &hand; Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall-eye. See Wall-eye. Gar pike. See under Gar. -- Pike perch (Zo'94l.), 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 (Zo'94l.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Bal'91noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale. -- Sand pike (Zo'94l.), the lizard fish. -- Sea pike (Zo'94l.), the garfish (a).

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.