Pike vs. Spear

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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.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medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet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

Spearnoun

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

Spearnoun

A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.

Spearnoun

A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.

Spearnoun

(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.

Spearnoun

(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.

Spearnoun

A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

Spearnoun

The feather of a horse.

Spearnoun

The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

Spearnoun

A long, thin strip from a vegetable.

Spearverb

To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.

Spearverb

(intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.

Spearadjective

Male

Spearadjective

Pertaining to male family members

Spearnoun

A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.

Spearnoun

Fig.: A spearman.

Spearnoun

A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.

Spearnoun

A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

Spearnoun

The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.

Spearnoun

The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

Spearverb

To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.

Spearverb

To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.

Spearnoun

a long pointed rod used as a weapon

Spearnoun

an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

Spearverb

pierce with a spear;

Spearverb

thrust up like a spear;

Spearnoun

a weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing.

Spearnoun

an instrument with a long shaft and a barbed tip used for catching fish.

Spearnoun

a spearman.

Spearnoun

a plant shoot, especially a pointed stem of asparagus or broccoli

Spearverb

pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object

Spear

A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as bone, flint, obsidian, iron, steel, or bronze (or other type of stone or metal).