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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pike
pike [pike pikes piked piking] noun, verb BrE [paɪk] NAmE [paɪk] noun 1. (pl. pike)a large ↑freshwater fish with very sharp teeth 2. a weapon with a sharp blade on a long wooden handle, used in the past by soldiers on foot 3. (NAmE) = ↑turnpike 4. (dialect)a pointed top of a hill in the north of England •the Langdale Pikes Word Origin: sense 1 Middle English ↑pike ‘weapon’ sense 2 and sense 4 early 16th cent. French pique piquer ‘pierce’ pic ‘pick, pike’ Old English pīc ‘point, prick’ Scandinavian West Norwegian pīk ‘pointed mountain’ Idiom: ↑come down the pike Derived: ↑pike on somebody ▪ ↑pike out verb (AustralE, NZE, informal) Verb forms: Word Origin: sense 1 Middle English ↑pike ‘weapon’ sense 2 and sense 4 early 16th cent. French pique piquer ‘pierce’ pic ‘pick, pike’ Old English pīc ‘point, prick’ Scandinavian West Norwegian pīk ‘pointed mountain’
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