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tyke

noun
/taɪk/

Etymology

Perhaps a derogatory nickname from Old Norse tík, 'bitch, female dog' (compare English tyke, Icelandic tík). Less likely to be from Old Norse þýzkr, 'of one's nation' or an Old English cognate (compare German deutsch, Swedish tysk).

  1. inherited from *tīkō✻
  2. derived from tík — “female dog”
  3. inherited from tike

Definitions

  1. A mongrel dog.

  2. A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.

    • Manipulative little tyke I was.

  3. An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.

    • Why, the inquiry thing, the yellow-dog thing—you wouldn’t think a mangy, native tyke would be allowed to trip up people in the verandah of a magistrate’s court, would you?
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A person from Yorkshire

      A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.

    2. A dialect, also known as Yorkshire, spoken in the county of Yorkshire.

    3. a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman

      a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman; a Yorkshire person

    4. someone connected with Barnsley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.

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Derived

dyke tyke, gay tyke boy

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA