present participle of pike

plural of Pike

Short for turnpike. / (derogatory, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.

Furnished with a pike; ending in a point / Describing a dive in which the knees are kept straight, but the body is bent at a right-angle at the hips

simple past tense and past participle of pike

(military, 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.

(transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike. / (transitive, intransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.

(intransitive) To equip with a turnpike. / (intransitive, obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.

A surname from Middle English. / A census-designated place in Sierra County, California. / An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana, first named Pikes Crossing, at the crossing of a turnpike.

(US, slang) A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.