pyke
See also: Pyke
English
Verb
pyke (third-person singular simple present pykes, present participle pyking, simple past and past participle pyked)
Noun
pyke (plural pykes)
- Obsolete form of pike.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English pīc, from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːk/, /pik/
Noun
pyke (plural pykes)
- A sharp round point or projection.
- A point or end of something in general; especially the end of a shoe.
- A pike; a piercing weapon with a spike affixed.
- A pickaxe; an axe with a chisel edge on one side.
- A number of other tools noted for their pointiness.
- A barb or talon of an animal or a plant.
- A pike (fish with a barbed mouth (Esox lucius))
- (rare) A peak; a hill.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “pī̆k(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.
- “pī̆k(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.
Etymology 2
From Old English *piccian.
Verb
pyke
- alternative form of piken