Word Definition

Pike

  1. A turnpike; a toll bar.
  2. 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.
  3. A large haycock.
  4. 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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.
  5. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.
  6. A hayfork.
  7. A pick.
  8. A pointed or peaked hill.

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