pyke

See also: Pyke

English

Verb

pyke (third-person singular simple present pykes, present participle pyking, simple past and past participle pyked)

1. Obsolete form of peek.
2. Obsolete form of pick.

Noun

pyke (plural pykes)

1. 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)

1. A sharp round point or projection.
2. A point or end of something in general; especially the end of a shoe.
3. A pike; a piercing weapon with a spike affixed.
4. A pickaxe; an axe with a chisel edge on one side.
5. A number of other tools noted for their pointiness.
6. A barb or talon of an animal or a plant.
7. A pike (fish with a barbed mouth (Esox lucius))
8. (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 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

1. alternative form of piken