verb Download 🔗Share To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike. Examples : "The angry farmer piked the trespassing dog with his pitchfork to scare it away from his chickens. " weapon military action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To assume a pike position. Examples : "The gymnast piked during her dismount, bending at the hips with her legs straight. " sport body position action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money. Examples : "To save for a new video game, Maria piked a few dollars each week. " bet game entertainment finance economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise. Examples : "Don’t pike on me like you did last time!" action business attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To equip with a turnpike. Examples : "The company planned to modernize the rural road and piked it, installing toll booths to help pay for the improvements. " utility property business commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (thieves' cant) To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away. Examples : "Seeing the police arrive, the burglars piked through the back door and into the alley. " action language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Furnished with a pike; ending in a point Examples : "The garden fence had piked tops to deter climbing animals. " appearance weapon structure military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Describing a dive in which the knees are kept straight, but the body is bent at a right-angle at the hips Examples : "The gymnast performed a beautiful piked dive, bending sharply at the waist while keeping her legs straight. " sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading