PIKE

Pike

A pike is a pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear formerly used extensively by infantry. Unlike many similar weapons, the pike is not intended to be thrown. Pikes were used regularly in European warfare from the early Middle Ages until around 1700, and wielded by foot soldiers deployed in close order. The pike found extensive use with Landsknecht armies and Swiss mercenaries, who employed it as their main weapon and used it in pike square formations. A similar weapon, the sarissa, was also used by Alexander the Great's Macedonian phalanx infantry to great effect.

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pike

Noun

  1. A very long thrusting spear used two-handed by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. The pike is not intended to be thrown.
  2. A sharp point, such as that of the weapon.
  3. Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, .
  4. A turnpike.
  5. A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe, found in old-fashioned footwear.
  6. A dive position with knees straight and a tight bend at the hips.
  7. A hayfork.
  8. A pick.
  9. A large haycock.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A mountain peak or summit.

Verb

  1. To attack, prod, or injure someone with a pike.
  2. To quit or back out of a promise.
    Don't pike on me like you did last time!


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