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pike (PIGHK) (noun)
1. A freshwater game and food fish of the Northern Hemisphere that has a long snout and grows to a length of over 1.2 meters (4 feet): Frank went fishing for pike as often as possible.
2. A road that people must pay to use: In this kind of weather, there probably will be too much traffic on the pike.

Eric decided to take the pike even though he knew he would have to pay a toll to drive to the city where his sister lived.

3. A long spear, formerly used by infantry, which typically consisted of a long pole with a sharp metal point: During the Middle Ages, foot soldiers would carry a pike and a shield to battle.
Pike (PIGHK) (noun)
An American army officer and explorer noted for his expedition up the Arkansas River to the Rocky Mountains from 1806 to 1807: Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) had a mountain in Colorado named after him, now known as Pike's Peak, in the Rocky Mountains west of Colorado Springs.

Walter and Albert were going down the pike on their way to fish for some pike when they saw what turned out to be a pike (or spear) that fell off a truck in front of them.

Found near the foot of the Peak of Pike, consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or a pike (which was later superseded by the bayonet), it turned out that it belonged to a collector of historical medieval weapons.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 5)