Definition of "pike" []

• A long spear formerly used by infantry. (noun)
• To attack or pierce with a pike. (verb-transitive)
• A freshwater game and food fish (Esox lucius) of the Northern Hemisphere that has a long snout and attains a length of over 1.2 meters (4 feet). Also called northern pike. (noun)
• Any of various similar or related fishes. (noun)
• A turnpike. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "IV. iii.27 (` is rest to do more exploits with his mace than a morris pike] [W: a Maurice-pike] This conjecture is very ingenious, yet the commentator talks unnecessarily of the _rest of a musket. _ by which he makes the hero of the speech set up the _rest_ of a _musket, _ to do exploits with a _pike."
• "The stimulus money coming down the pike is a great opportunity for local governments and transit agencies to try to make the case for funding important priorities."
• "One of the best thing to come down the pike is the internet."