- tike tyke
- Cleveland Dialect Lista dog, a cur; a churlish or mean and low person; (playfully) a hungry child: ' a nest of hungry tykes' (a family)
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tyke — Tike Tike, n. [Icel. t[=i]k a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.] 1. A dog; a cur. Bobtail tike or trundle tail. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A countryman or clown; a boorish, clumsy, or eccentric person; also spelled {tyke}. [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. a small… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tike — Tike, n. [Icel. t[=i]k a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.] 1. A dog; a cur. Bobtail tike or trundle tail. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A countryman or clown; a boorish, clumsy, or eccentric person; also spelled {tyke}. [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. a small child;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tyke — Tyke, n. 1. See 2d {Tike}. [1913 Webster] 2. a small child. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tike — [ taık ] another spelling of tyke … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tyke — c.1400, cur, mongrel, from O.N. tik bitch, related to M.L.G. tike. Also applied in Middle English to a low bred or lazy man. The meaning child is from 1902, though it was used in playful reproof from 1894 … Etymology dictionary
tyke — (also tike) ► NOUN 1) informal a small child, especially a mischievous one. 2) a dog, especially a mongrel. 3) Brit. informal a person from Yorkshire. ORIGIN Old Norse, bitch … English terms dictionary
tike — [tīk] n. alt. sp. of TYKE … English World dictionary
tyke — [tīk] n. [ME tike < ON tik, a bitch < IE base * digh , goat > OE ticcen, a kid] 1. Informal a small child 2. Brit. a) a dog, esp. a mongrel b) Dial. a boor … English World dictionary
tyke — also tike noun Etymology: Middle English tyke, from Old Norse tīk bitch; akin to Middle Low German tīke bitch Date: 15th century 1. dog; especially an inferior or mongrel dog 2. a. chiefly British a clumsy, churlish, or eccentric person b. a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tyke — tyke1 /tuyk/, n. 1. a child, esp. a small boy. 2. any small child. 3. a cur; mongrel. 4. Chiefly Scot. a low, contemptible fellow; boor. Also, tike. [1350 1400; ME < ON tik bitch] tyke2 /tuyk/, n … Universalium
