pike
Long battlefield spear
A pike is a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by infantry before firearms became dominant.
The word extends to sharp-pointed things: a pike position in diving tucks the body with legs straight.
A pike is also a large predatory freshwater fish with an elongated body and sharp teeth.
In American regional use, a pike is a turnpike or toll road: We took the pike to avoid traffic.
To pike is to thrust or pierce. (Capitalized Pike is a surname.)
North American freshwater gamefish
- muskieLarge predatory pike
- perchResting spot for birds
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- troutFreshwater game fish
freshwater · northern · toothy · voracious · lure · angler · fishing · stream
Axe-headed infantry pike
- spearmanWarrior wielding long pole-weapon
- phalanxMassed infantry formation
- infantryGround combat troops
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
footman · partisan · glaive · lance · billhook · formation · thrust · brace
Folding pocket blade
- springboardFlexible platform for jumping
- platformRaised flat structure
- tuckFold into concealment
- entryAccess or submission
somersault · diving · competition · Olympic · twist · layout · splash
Major road for travel
- tollFee for passage
- interstateBetween political regions
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- thoroughfareMain public road
route · motorway · freeway · tollbooth · tollway · travel · commute · traffic
walleye
North American freshwater gamefish
trout · freshwater · northern · toothy · voracious · lure · angler · fishing · stream · lake
halberd
Axe-headed infantry pike
- spearmanWarrior wielding long pole-weapon
- phalanxMassed infantry formation
- infantryGround combat troops
medieval · footman · partisan · glaive · lance · billhook · formation · thrust · brace
jackknife
Folding pocket blade
- springboardFlexible platform for jumping
- platformRaised flat structure
- tuckFold into concealment
entry · somersault · diving · competition · Olympic · twist · layout · splash
highway
Major road for travel
- tollFee for passage
- interstateBetween political regions
- expresswayLimited-access highway
thoroughfare · route · motorway · freeway · tollbooth · tollway · travel · commute · traffic · pavement
- seafoodfish, shrimp, crab, lobster, salmon
- divingscuba, scuba diving, dive mask, dive helmet, diving bells
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- freshwater fishsalmon, trout, bass, catfish, carp
- freshwater lifecatfish, trout, bass, salmon, frog
- game fishlargemouth bass, smallmouth bass, striped bass, rainbow trout, brown trout
pikeminnow
Small freshwater fish
baitfish · carp · bottom feeder · goldfish · guppy
pikeback road
Secondary rural thoroughfare
dirt road · freeway · country lane · side street · alley
- coming down the pikeAbout to happen
- come down the pikeArrive eventually, become available
- northern pikeToothy freshwater game fish
- Pike's PeakColorado mountain, over 14,000 feet
- Pike Place MarketHistoric Seattle public market
- pike positionBody bent at hips