PIKE


Meaning of PIKE in English

1. n. (pl. same)

1. a large voracious freshwater fish, Esox lucius, with a long narrow snout and sharp teeth.

2 any other fish of the family Esocidae.

Phrases and idioms:

pike-perch any of various pikelike perches of the genus Lucioperca or Stizostedion.

Etymology: ME, PIKE(2) (because of its pointed jaw) 2. n. & v.

--n.

1. hist. an infantry weapon with a pointed steel or iron head on a long wooden shaft.

2 N.Engl. the peaked top of a hill, esp. in names of hills in the Lake District.

--v.tr. thrust through or kill with a pike.

Phrases and idioms:

pike on colloq. withdraw timidly from.

Etymology: OE pic point, prick: sense 2 perh. f. ON 3. n.1 a toll-gate; a toll.

2 a turnpike road.

Etymology: abbr. of TURNPIKE 4. n. a jackknife position in diving or gymnastics.

Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.