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- pikepike1 [pīk]n.a highway: now chiefly in the informal phrase come down the pike, to happen or appearpike2 [pīk]n.[Fr pique < piquer, to pierce, prick < VL * piccare: see PICADOR]a weapon, formerly used by foot soldiers, consisting of a metal spearhead on a long wooden shaftvt.piked, pikingto pierce or kill with or as with a pikepike3 [pīk]n.pl. pike or pikes [ME pik, prob. < pike (see PIKE4), from the pointed head]1. any of a family (Esocidae, order Salmoniformes) of slender, voracious, freshwater bony fishes with a narrow, pointed head and conspicuous, sharp teeth; esp., a species (Esox lucius) of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere2. any of various fishes resembling the true pikes, as the walleyepike4 [pīk]n.[ME pike < OE pic, pickax, prob. akin to OFr, pick, pickax < VL * piccus: see PICADOR]a spike; point, as the pointed tip of a spearpike5 [pīk]n.[ME, prob. < ON pik < ? OFr pique < L picus: see PICADOR] [Brit. Dial.] Brit. Dial.1. a peaked summit2. a mountain or hill with a peaked summit: Used esp. in place names
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.
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Pike — may refer to:Fish*Pike (fish) or Esox *Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct freshwater fish *Mackerel pike or Pacific saury, a fish popular in east Asian cuisine *Northern pike, known as the pike in BritainPlacesIn Britain: *Clougha Pike, a hill … Wikipedia
Pike — bezeichnet: eine Stangenwaffe von Fußsoldaten, siehe Spieß eine gemeine Figur in der Heraldik, siehe Stangenwaffe (Heraldik) Pike (Programmiersprache), eine Programmiersprache Pike (Verschlüsselung), einen Verschlüsselungsalgorithmus mehrere… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pike — Pike, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker (see {Pie} magpie), and E. spike. Cf. {Pick}, n. & v., {Peak}, {Pique}.] 1. (Mil.) A foot soldier s weapon,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
PIKE — это поточный шифр, предложенный Россом Андерсоном на смену взломанного им шифра FISH( FIbonacci SHrinking ) в 1994 году. Содержание 1 История 2 Описание 3 Сравнение скорост … Википедия
pike — Ⅰ. pike [1] ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a long bodied predatory freshwater fish with long teeth. ORIGIN from PIKE(Cf. ↑pike) (because of the fish s pointed jaw). Ⅱ. pike [2] ► NOUN historical ▪ … English terms dictionary
pike — [paık] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: pike sharp pointed object (11 20 centuries), from Old English pic] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: pique] [Sense: 3 4; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: turnpike] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
pike — pike; ram·pike; pike·let; pike·man; … English syllables
Pike — • Pike von der Pike auf dienen »sich in seinem Beruf von der untersten Stufe emporarbeiten«: »Pike« bedeutet »‹Landsknechts›spieß, Lanze«, die vorliegende Wendung ist also ursprünglich auf das Kriegswesen zu beziehen in der Bedeutung »als… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
pike — [ paık ] noun count 1. ) a fish that lives in rivers and lakes and eats other fish 2. ) a weapon used in the past, consisting of a long pole with a blade at one end come down the pike AMERICAN to happen or start to happen: This is the lightest,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Pike — Sf Spieß, Lanze erw. obs. (14. Jh.) Entlehnung. Wie Pik entlehnt aus frz. pique gleicher Bedeutung. Im Deutschen fest geworden in der Wendung von der Pike auf von Anfang an (schon seit dem 17. Jh.). Gemeint ist: vom einfachen Kriegsdienst an alle … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
