[pʌɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long-bodied predatory freshwater fish with a pointed snout and large teeth, of both Eurasia and North America


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Origin:
Middle English: from pike (because of the fish's pointed jaw)

[pʌɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an infantry weapon with a pointed steel or iron head on a long wooden shaft


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch piek ‘pickaxe, spike, point’; in Middle English reinforced by Anglo-Norman Frenchand Old French pic, perhaps partly a borrowing from Germanic, and partly a transferred use of the Romance base meaning ‘woodpecker’ from Latin pīcus ‘woodpecker’

[pʌɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- kill or thrust (someone) through with a pike
(e.g: many prisoners were taken out and piked)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch piek ‘pickaxe, spike, point’; in Middle English reinforced by Anglo-Norman Frenchand Old French pic, perhaps partly a borrowing from Germanic, and partly a transferred use of the Romance base meaning ‘woodpecker’ from Latin pīcus ‘woodpecker’

[pʌɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:


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- come down the pike

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[pʌɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a jackknife position in diving or gymnastics


Phrases:

Origin:
1920s: of unknown origin

[pʌɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- withdraw from or go back on (a plan or agreement)

- let (someone) down


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as pike oneself ‘take up a pilgrim's staff’): compare with Danish pigge af ‘hasten off’. The current senses date from the mid 20th century

[pʌɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in names of hills in the Lake District) a hill with a peaked top
(e.g: Scafell Pike)


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Origin:
Middle English: apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with West Norwegian dialect pīk ‘summit, peak’