pike

dialectal, England

1. :  a mountain or hill having a peaked summit —used especially in place names

1. 1a :  a large elongate long-snouted freshwater bony fish (Esox lucius) valued for food and sport and widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere —called also northern, northern pikeb :  any of various fishes (family Esocidae) related to the pike: such as (1) :  muskellunge (2) :  pickerel

2. 2 :  any of various fishes resembling the pike in appearance or habits

1. :  a heavy spear with a very long shaft used by infantry especially in Europe from the Middle Ages to the 18th century

1. transitive verb

2. :  to pierce, kill, or wound with a pike

1. intransitive verb

2. 1 :  to leave abruptly get lonely and sore, and pike out — Sinclair Lewis

3. 2 :  to make one's way pike along

1. 1 :  turnpike

2. 2 :  a railroad or railroad line or system

1. :  a body position (as in diving) in which the hips are bent, the knees are straight, and the hands touch the toes or clasp the legs behind or just above the knees

1. Zebulon Montgomery 1779–1813 American general and explorer

1. :  a long slender freshwater fish with a large mouth

1. :  a long wooden pole with a steel point once used as a weapon by soldiers

1. :  turnpike, road