piked (out or off)

verb

past tense of pike (out or off)
as in exited
to leave a place often for another early next morning the aloof guest just piked out without saying a word

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piked (out or off)
  1. exited
  2. moved
  3. departed
  4. cut out
  5. bailed out
  6. got
  7. ran along
  8. peeled off
Verb
  • It got pushed back a year and the female lead changed when Rosa Salazar exited and Melissa Fumero came on.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The following season, Philadelphia exited in the National League Championship Series, and the next two years saw losses in the Division Series.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • The new walkers moved even more slowly to emphasize their enormous weight.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The alleged rivalry between Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle was seemingly dying down—but then Meghan and Prince Harry moved back to the UK.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • The defendant and others are said to have used a yacht that departed from the German port of Rostock.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Unfortunately, this future focus dwindled and largely disappeared in the following decades as key leaders departed Congress, and their successors pursued other interests.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • Kerry McCoy’s guitar juices up a mid-song gallop by abruptly pivoting from big and noisy to compressed and snarling; at the climax, everything cuts out for a second to spotlight a Daniel Tracy drum fill.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • If mechanical parts fail or electricity cuts out, coolant circulation can quickly stop.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of cut out
Verb
  • Los Angeles bailed out Yamamoto by scoring twice in the fifth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • With manager Dave Roberts electing to go closer by committee, at least in this round, Evan Phillips bailed out Tanner Scott in the ninth to earn the save.
    — Katie Woo, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of bailed out
Verb
  • After all, many a good cause got its start from a spirit of noblesse oblige.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • As transistors got smaller, the channels between them became proportionally narrower, and aluminum’s performance hit a wall.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • Williams broke a couple of tackles and then ran along the sideline for a score to give the Bison a 19-11 lead at halftime.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • After the crash, the driver ran along Jog Road with an object wrapped around his right hand.
    — Grace Bellinghausen, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of ran along
Verb
  • Large sheets of roofing material peeled off of the Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, due to powerful storm winds, as seen in footage posted to Instagram.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Isaias peeled off hotel and condominium rooftops and facades along the Florida Panhandle before charging north Saturday, dishing out torrential rains and the threat of flash floods and tornadoes across the Southeast.
    — Emilie Megnien, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of peeled off
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“Piked (out or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piked%20%28out%20or%20off%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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