Topic: ROADS
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Origin: | pike 'sharp pointed object' (11-20 centuries), from Old English pic |
| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | pique |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | turnpike |
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pike
[countable]
[countable]1HBF plural pike a large fish that eats other fish and lives in rivers and lakes
2PMW a long-handled weapon with a sharp blade, used in the past
3 to happen or become known : 
The world is being turned upside down by the string of multimedia technologies coming down the pike.
come down the pike
American EnglishThe world is being turned upside down by the string of multimedia technologies coming down the pike.4TTR American English spoken a turnpike
