pike

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pike

pike (third-person singular simple present pikes, present participle piking, simple past and past participle piked)

1. (transitive) To attack, prod, or injure someone with a pike.
2. (Australian, slang, often followed by ""on"") To quit or back out of a promise.

   Dont pike on me like you did last time!

pike (plural pikes)

1. A very long thrusting spear used two-handed by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. The pike is not intended to be thrown.
   • 1790, James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile

     Each had a small ax in the foreangle of his saddle, and a pike about fourteen feet long, the weapon with which he charged;

2. A sharp point, such as that of the weapon.
3. Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
4. A turnpike.
5. A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe, found in old-fashioned footwear.
   • 1861, The comprehensive history of England Vol. 1

     During the earlier part of this period, the long pike disappeared from the shoe, but in the later part it returned in greater longitude than ever.

   • 1904, George Nicholls, A History of the English Poor Law in Connection with the State of the Country and the Condition of the People

     Thus the statute of Edward the Fourth, which forbade the fine gentlemen of those times, under the degree of a lord, to wear pikes upon their shoes or boots of more than two inches in length, was a law that savoured of oppression, because, however ridiculous the fashion might appear, the restraining of it by pecuniary penalties would serve no purpose of common utility.

6. (diving) A dive position with knees straight and a tight bend at the hips.
   • 2008, TSN, China wins first diving medal at Beijing Olympics Aug 10 2008 [1]

     Guo and Wu took a big lead after the second dive, a back dive in pike position, which the judges awarded three perfect tens for synchronization.

Definizione dizionario pike

	luccio
	fishery related term
	Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox.

	picca
	weapon

	autostrada
	Strada larga costruita per traffico ad alto scorrimento che viaggia su lunghe distanze, con un numero limitato di punti in cui i conducenti possono entrare e uscire da essa.
	A wide road built for fast moving traffic travelling long distances, with a limited number of points at which drivers can enter and leave it.

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lancia

Altri significati:

any fish of the genus '''Esox'''

Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.

A turnpike.

(transitive) To attack, prod, or injure someone with a pike.

A very long thrusting spear used two-handed by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. The pike is not intended to be thrown.

A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe, found in old-fashioned footwear.

pike (fish)

A sharp point, such as that of the weapon.

(Australian, slang, often followed by "on") To quit or back out of a promise.

(now UK regional) A mountain peak or summit.

(diving) A dive position with knees straight and a tight bend at the hips.