- Informal a small child
- Brit.
- a dog, esp. a mongrel
- Dial. a boor
Origin of tyke
Middle English tike from Old Norse tik, a bitch from Indo-European base an unverified form digh-, goat from source Old English ticcen, a kid
noun
The definition of a tyke is a small child.
A cute little four year old boy is an example of a tyke.
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tyke
also tike
noun
- A small child, especially a boy.
- A mongrel or cur.
- Chiefly British A man considered uncouth or mean; a boor.
Origin of tyke
Middle English mongrel from Old Norse tīk bitchTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural tykes)
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Origin
From Old Norse tÃk "˜bitch' (> Norwegian tik).
Noun
(plural Tykes)
- a Yorkshireman
- (soccer) someone connected with Barnsley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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Sentence Examples
- When Shiloh was born, People magazine paid the couple $4.1 million and OK! paid them $3.5 million for British rights to the first pictures of the tyke.
- When Shiloh was born, People magazine paid the couple $4.1 million and OK! paid them $3.5 million for British rights to the first pictures of the tyke.
- People are going to talk if you name your new baby Apple or Knox, but not so much if you name the little tyke James or Julia.
- Today your little tyke can splash about in raincoats that resemble everything from dinosaurs to dogs.
- "Not that the little tyke doesn't deserve the best," Fred added.
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