pike

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

pikes

1.
(historical)(military, historical) 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.
(diving, gymnastics) 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.
6.
(dated)(fashion, dated) A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
7.
(Northern England)(chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England.
8.
(obsolete)A pick, a pickaxe.
9.
(British, dialectal, obsolete)A hayfork.
10.
(euphemistic, obsolete, often)(obsolete, often euphemistic) A penis.
11.
(US, abbreviation, alt of, clipping)(chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
They tried out every idea that came down the pike.
There is heavy traffic on the Mass Pike.
12.
(derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur)(derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.

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verb

V_es/s

pikes

V_ing/Gerund

piking

V_ed/pp

piked

1.
(transitive)To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
2.
(ambitransitive)(ambitransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
3.
(intransitive)(intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
4.
(Australia, New Zealand, intransitive, slang)Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
Don’t pike on me like you did last time!
5.
(intransitive)To equip with a turnpike.
6.
(British, intransitive, obsolete)(intransitive, obsolete, British, thieves' cant) To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.

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Đồng nghĩa

northern pikegedthe fish gedthe fish species Esox lucius see northern pike

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike, from Old English pīc (pointed object, pick axe), and Middle French pique (long thrusting weapon), from Old French pic (sharp point, spike); both ultimately from *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz, *pīkō (sharp point, pike, peak), related to pick with a narrower meaning.