bike | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: bicycle, cycle, wheel |
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(noun) a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame | Synonyms: motorcycle |
dike | (noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea | Synonyms: dam, dyke |
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(noun) (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine | Synonyms: butch, dyke |
dislike | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavor, disfavour |
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(noun) a feeling of aversion or antipathy | - |
garpike | (noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | Synonyms: billfish, gar, garfish, Lepisosteus osseus |
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handspike | (noun) a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever | - |
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hike | (noun) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure | Synonyms: hiking, tramp |
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(noun) the amount a salary is increased | Synonyms: raise, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase |
(noun) an increase in cost | Synonyms: boost, cost increase, rise |
instalike | (noun) something that is so good that it deserves to be instantly voted for on social media | - |
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kike | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew | Synonyms: hymie, sheeny, yid |
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klondike | (noun) a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time | - |
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like | (noun) a kind of person | Synonyms: ilk |
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(noun) a similar kind | Synonyms: the like, the likes of |
marlinespike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlingspike, marlinspike |
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marlingspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlinspike |
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marlinspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlingspike |
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mike | (noun) device for converting sound waves into electrical energy | Synonyms: mic, microphone |
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minibike | (noun) small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars | Synonyms: motorbike |
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motorbike | (noun) small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars | Synonyms: minibike |
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pike | (noun) any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere | - |
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(noun) medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet | - |
(noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
(noun) a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) | - |
(noun) highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh | - |
shrike | (noun) any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals | - |
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spike | (noun) sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes | - |
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(noun) a large stout nail | - |
(noun) any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object | Synonyms: spindle |
(noun) a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal) | - |
(noun) a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur) | - |
(noun) a very high narrow heel on women's shoes | Synonyms: spike heel, stiletto heel |
(noun) each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves) | - |
(noun) a transient variation in voltage or current | - |
(noun) a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline | - |
(noun) (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis | - |
(noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: capitulum, ear |
strike | (noun) a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions | Synonyms: work stoppage |
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(noun) a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball | Synonyms: ten-strike |
(noun) an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective | - |
(noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: bang, hit, smash, smasher |
(noun) (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders | - |
(noun) a gentle blow | Synonyms: rap, tap |
tike | (noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tyke, youngster |
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(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, peasant, tyke |
trike | (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: tricycle, velocipede |
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turnpike | (noun) an expressway on which tolls are collected | Synonyms: toll road |
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(noun) (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid | - |
womanlike | (noun) the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female | Synonyms: womanliness |
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