The definition of a tyke is a small child.
(noun)A cute little four year old boy is an example of a tyke.
See tyke in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME tike < ON tik, a bitch < IE base *digh-, goat > OE ticcen, a kid
See tyke in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also tike
nounOrigin:
Origin: Middle English, mongrel
Origin: , from Old Norse tīk, bitch
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