<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus <em>Esox</em>, having a long, flat snout.</li><li>any of various superficially similar fishes, as the walleye or pikeperch.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to pierce with or as with a pike.</li><li>(used without object) to move or penetrate like a pike.</li></ul>