Tyke Definition

tīk
tykes
noun
tykes
A small child.
Webster's New World
A dog, esp. a mongrel.
Webster's New World
A boor.
Webster's New World
(UK) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
Wiktionary

A Yorkshireman.

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pronoun

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

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Other Word Forms of Tyke

Noun

Singular:
tyke
Plural:
tykes

Origin of Tyke

  • Middle English mongrel from Old Norse tīk bitch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse tík "˜bitch' (> Norwegian tik).

    From Wiktionary

Tyke Sentence Examples

  • Anyway, Rooney, you should still be at school, little 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.

  • 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.

  • Today your little tyke can splash about in raincoats that resemble everything from dinosaurs to dogs.

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Words Starting With

TTYTYK

Words Ending With

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