Synonyms for pike

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pahyk

Phonetic Transcription : paɪk

Définition of pike

Origin : "highway," 1812 shortening of turnpike.

noun highway

Example sentences :

Then he crept out of the room, got on the mare, and rode up the pike.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

And saying this he stabbed him with his pike in the face, and the blood spurted forth.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

But far eastward on the pike there slowly developed a soft, white haze.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

Quite and clane the contrary—when the shillelah's up, the pike's down.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Once a month he preaches in a little church on the 'pike near there.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

They will be on my side, and I will keep in the middle of the 'pike.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

He made a feint, as if he were about to strike his pike between its eyes.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

In carving a pike, if the back and belly be slit up, and each slice drawn gently downwards, fewer bones will be given at table.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

This pike was caught in the old river at Utley by Sam Friar.
Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

This earned me a stab in the back from the butt-end of the pike of one of my guards.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

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