A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
kipe
kipe
noun
Alternative spelling of kype (“Upturned lower jaw of a male salmonid”)
An osier basket used for catching fish.
pike
pike
noun
(chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
(chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
(derogatory, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
(diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
(fashion, dated) A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
(historical) A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
(military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
(obsolete) A pick, a pickaxe.
(obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A hayfork.
(obsolete, often euphemistic) A penis.
A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
verb
(intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
(intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
(intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
(intransitive, obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.
(transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
(transitive, intransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
