pike

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , and , from ; both ultimately from , from , , related to with a narrower meaning.

The word is cognate with 🇨🇬,, (modern 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and possibly 🇨🇬. It is a.

The diving or gymnastics position is probably from tapered appearance of the body when the position is executed.

The carnivorous freshwater fish is probably derived from the “sharp point, spike” senses, due to the fish’s pointed jaws.

The verb sense “to quit or back out of a promise” may be from the sense of taking up pilgrim's staff or pike and leaving on a pilgrimage; and compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2) A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
 * 3) A large.
 * 4) Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus, especially the northern pike,.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6)  A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
 * 7)  A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
 * 8)  Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
 * 9)  A pick, a pickaxe.
 * 10)  A hayfork.
 * 11)  A penis.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
 * 3)  A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
 * 4)  Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
 * 5)  A pick, a pickaxe.
 * 6)  A hayfork.
 * 7)  A penis.
 * 1)  A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
 * 2)  Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
 * 3)  A pick, a pickaxe.
 * 4)  A hayfork.
 * 5)  A penis.
 * 1)  A pick, a pickaxe.
 * 2)  A hayfork.
 * 3)  A penis.
 * 1)  A penis.
 * 1)  A penis.

Synonyms

 * see northern pike
 * see northern pike

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: შუბი,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σάρισα
 * Irish: píce
 * Italian:
 * Latin: dolō,
 * Macedonian: пика, копје
 * Maori: tūmū
 * Norwegian: pik
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Welsh: rhôn
 * Zazaki: suvur


 * Bulgarian:
 * Polish: ,


 * Abenaki: kwenoza
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: суртан
 * Bulgarian: щука
 * Buryat: сурхай
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chukchi: туйкэтуй, юуткуннээн
 * Chuvash: ҫӑрттан
 * Crimean Tatar: turna balığı
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Even: гөткэн
 * Evenki: гуткэ̄н, гуткэчэн
 * Faroese: gedda
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: picudo,
 * Georgian: ქარიყლაპია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gedda
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: hauki
 * Irish: liús, gailliasc
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: カワカマス, パイク
 * Kalmyk: цурх
 * Kazakh: шортан
 * Ket: ӄурь
 * Khakas: сортан
 * Komi-Zyrian: сир
 * Kumyk: чортан
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: lucius
 * Latvian: līdaka
 * Lithuanian: lydeka, lydys
 * Luxembourgish: Hiecht
 * Macedonian: штука
 * Mansi:
 * Northern Mansi: сорт
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: нуж, нужгол
 * Western Mari: нужгол
 * Mongolian:
 * Montagnais:
 * Naskapi:
 * Nogai: шортан
 * Northern Yukaghir: умуйэ
 * Norwegian: gjedde
 * Old English: hacod
 * Ottoman Turkish: طورنه بالغی, یاین
 * Plautdietsch: Häakj
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sami:
 * Inari Sami: puško
 * Kildin Sami: ныгкешь
 * Northern Sami: hávga
 * Skolt Sami: nuʹǩǩeš
 * Scottish Gaelic: geadas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: штука
 * Roman:
 * Shor: шортан
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ščuka
 * Southern Altai: чортон
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: çortan
 * Tuvan: шортан
 * Tày: băng
 * Udmurt: чипей
 * Ukrainian:
 * Unami: kwekonkale
 * Uzbek:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: blaidd y dŵr,
 * Yakut: сордоҥ


 * French:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
 * 2)  To assume a pike position.
 * 3)  To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
 * 4)  Often followed by ' or ': to quit or back out of a promise.
 * 1)  To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
 * 2)  Often followed by ' or ': to quit or back out of a promise.
 * 1)  To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
 * 2)  Often followed by ' or ': to quit or back out of a promise.
 * 1)  To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
 * 2)  Often followed by ' or ': to quit or back out of a promise.
 * 1)  Often followed by ' or ': to quit or back out of a promise.
 * 1)  Often followed by ' or ': to quit or back out of a promise.
 * 1)  Often followed by ' or ': to quit or back out of a promise.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:

Etymology 2
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.

Noun

 * 1)  A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
 * 1)  A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
 * 1)  A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
 * 1)  A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
 * 1)  A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.

Verb

 * 1)  To equip with a turnpike.
 * 2)  To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.
 * 1)  To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.
 * 1)  To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * : weeping

Verb

 * 1) to catch a person in an act
 * 2) to discover

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) a girl

Usage notes
Jente is the standard appellation for girl in Norwegian; pike may also be used, though it is seen as somewhat conservative.