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pike

/paɪk/noun1 syllable

Pike means: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.

Synonyms for pike9

noun, as in a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway

also used for pike

ged, northern pike

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What does pike mean?5

noun

1

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

2

highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

3

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

4

medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet

5

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with pike?12

one syllable

likemikestrikebikespikehikepsychikedyke

two syllables

unlikealikedislike
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Pike in a sentence

  • You can’t teach a pike how to swim.Jesse
  • Nobody knew what was coming down the pike.unknown
  • Another innovation could come down the pike and transform industries.AlanF_US
  • The pike is not yet struck.sacredceltic
  • There is a pike in the pond.Lepotdeterre
  • The pike was motionless in the water.sundown
  • The pike and the perch are carnivores.AlanF_US
  • The pike is a predatory fish.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of pike

as a noun

plural
pikes