Gar vs. Pike

Garnoun

(obsolete) A spear.

Garnoun

Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.

Garnoun

A garfish, Belone belone.

Garverb

To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done).

Garnoun

Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.

Garverb

To cause; to make.

Garnoun

primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth

Garnoun

elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

Gar

Gars are members of the Lepisosteiformes (or Semionotiformes), an ancient holosteian order of ray-finned fish; fossils from this order are known from the Late Jurassic onwards. The family Lepisosteidae includes seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine waters of eastern North America, Central America and Cuba in the Caribbean.

Pikenoun

A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.

Pikenoun

A sharp point, such as that of the weapon.

Pikenoun

A large dry]] before adding to a haystack.

Pikenoun

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

Pikenoun

A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.

Pikenoun

A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.

Pikenoun

Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.

Pikenoun

(obsolete) A pick, a pickaxe.

Pikenoun

A hayfork.

Pikenoun

A penis.

Pikenoun

A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.

Pikeverb

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

Pikeverb

To assume a pike position.

Pikeverb

To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.

Pikeverb

Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.

Pikeverb

(intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.

Pikeverb

To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.

Pikenoun

A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

Pikenoun

A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.

Pikenoun

A hayfork.

Pikenoun

A pick.

Pikenoun

A pointed or peaked hill.

Pikenoun

A large haycock.

Pikenoun

A turnpike; a toll bar.

Pikenoun

A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; - called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.

Pikenoun

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Pikenoun

highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

Pikenoun

a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)

Pikenoun

medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet

Pikenoun

any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere