pike¹ /pīk/

1. A voracious freshwater fish (Esox lucius) with a pointed snout
2. Extended to various other fishes

pike'minnow noun

A large edible fish of the genus Ptychocheilus

pikeˈ-perch noun

A percoid fish with pike-like jaws

pike² /pīk/

1. A weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head like a spear, formerly used by foot soldiers
2. A sharp point
3. A spiked staff
4. A sharp-pointed hill or summit
5. A pick (dialect)

1. To kill or pierce with a pike
2. To pick (dialect)

piked /pīkt or pīkˈid/ adjective

1. Spiked
2. Ending in a point

pīkˈer noun

1. Someone who picks (dialect)
2. A pilferer (dialect)

pikeˈ-head noun

The head of a pike or spear

pikeˈman noun

1. A man armed with a pike
2. Someone who wields a pick

pikeˈstaff noun

1. The staff or shaft of a pike
2. A staff with a pike at the end

plain as a pikestaff (orig packstaff)

Perfectly plain or clear

pike³ /pīk/

1. A turnpike
2. A toll
3. A main road (US)

pīˈker noun

A tramp

pikeˈ-keeper or pikeˈman noun

A man in charge of a turnpike

pike⁴ /pīk/ (diving and gymnastics)

(also piked position) a posture in which the body is bent sharply at the hips with legs kept straight at the knees and toes pointed (also adjective)

To adopt this position

piked adjective

pike⁵ /pīk/

1. To renege on a commitment (Aust and NZ informal)
2. To speed (old informal)

To betake (oneself) quickly

pīkˈer noun

1. A person who bets, gambles, speculates, or does anything else in a very small way
2. A shirker or mean character (slang)

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