English Dictionary

piker

/ˈpaɪkə(ɹ)/

noun

(military, historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman. / One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money. / A stingy person; a cheapskate. / An amateur.

The piker carried his rifle with pride.

意味（1）

(military, historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.

Upstairs in a waiting room there were pikers whose tunics echoed Baudricourt′s gold lion shield painted up and down the rafters.

意味（2）

One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.

“[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”

意味（3）

A stingy person; a cheapskate.

“And if you′ve got to be a piker,” said Dolly, “don′t be ashamed to be a piker. We′re not spending a hundred dollars because we can afford it, but because you dreamt a dream.”

意味（4）

An amateur.

意味（5）

(Australia) A bullock living in the wild. (Also used attributively.)

‘There's always a few old piker bullocks find their way into this country. But mostly cattle don't come this far.’

意味（6）

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early; a spoilsport or "chicken".

Mate, don't be a piker! Come to Angie′s birthday party tonight!

意味（7）

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).

意味（8）

(US, dated) A male freshman at Cornell University.

意味（9）

A tramp; a vagrant.