pyke
See also: Pyke
English
Verb
pyke (third-person singular simple present pykes, present participle pyking, simple past and past participle pyked)
- Obsolete form of peek.
- Obsolete form of pick.
Noun
pyke (plural pykes)
- Obsolete form of pike.
Anagrams
- kype
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English pīc, from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz.
Alternative forms
- pike, pik, pyk, pikke, pykke, peke
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
- pikerel
- piken
Descendants
- English: pike, peak; pick (in part)
- Scots: pike, pick
- Yola: pick
References
- “pī̆k(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.
- “pī̆k(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.
Etymology 2
From Old English *piccian.
Verb
pyke
- Alternative form of piken