Origin: (1) 1300-1400 pike sharp pointed object (11-20 centuries), from Old English pic (2) 1500-1600 French pique (3-4) 1800-1900 turnpike
1 a large fish that eats other fish and lives in rivers and lakes2spoken a turnpike3come down the pike if an opportunity or something new comes down the pike, it happens or starts to exist: Jobs like this don’t come down the pike that often.4a long-handled weapon used in past times by soldiers