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.