Pike vs. Pickerel
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 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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.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medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet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
Pickerelnoun
A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
Pickerelnoun
(Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
Pickerelnoun
A wading bird, the dunlin.
Pickerelnoun
A young or small pike.
Pickerelnoun
Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
Pickerelnoun
flesh of young or small pike
Pickerelnoun
any of several North American species of small pike
