Definitions
any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere
Word origin
Noun sense 2 (“gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller”) and verb sense 2 (“to depart, travel, especially to flee, run away”) may refer to someone frequently using turnpikes, or may be derived from Middle English pī̆ken (“to go, remove oneself”).
Used in a sentence
“An arme pike which a weake man maye use or handle very reddily with such force as a man will not thincke, and the same pike will also become a very good shotte at all tymes.”
“Each had a ſmall ax in the ſurcingle of his ſaddle, and a pike about fourteen feet long, the weapon with which he charged; […]”
“She sprang into the air and jack-knifed into a clumsy pike before following her hands into the water.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Long-snouted fish”4 letters
02“Long-snouted predator”4 letters
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