pike
A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting, both for attacks…A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
» The pike is not yet struck.
Noch hängt der Hecht nicht am Haken.
Meaning
12 senses(historical)A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
Pike
пи́каpíka
A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
Hecht
щу́каščúka
щукаščuka
highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
(dated)A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
(dated, historical)A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
(Northern England)Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England.
(derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur)A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
(obsolete)A pick, a pickaxe.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)A hayfork.
(euphemistic, obsolete, often)A penis.
Examples
17 sentencesThe pike is not yet struck.
deNoch hängt der Hecht nicht am Haken.
The pike is a predatory fish.
ruЩука - хищная рыба.
deDer Hecht ist ein Raubfisch.
There is a pike in the pond.
ruВ пруду щука.
The pike was motionless in the water.
deDer Hecht stand bewegungslos im Wasser.
The pike and the perch are carnivores.
ruЩука и окунь — плотоядные.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike (“pike; sharp point, iron tip of a staff or spearFrom Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike (“pike; sharp point, iron tip of a staff or spear, pointed toe of an item of footwear; sharp tool; mountain, peak”), from Old English pīc (“pointed object, pick axe”), and Middle French pique (“long thrusting weapon”), from Old French pic (“sharp point, spike”); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz, *pīkō (“sharp point, pike, peak”), related to pick with a narrower meaning.
Clipping of turnpike (“a toll road, especially a toll expressway; a spiked barrier across a road, originally used to block access to the road until toll had been paid”).
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plural: pikesSynonyms
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