Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Variant of dike1.
- n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a lesbian.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A less proper spelling of dike.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of dike.
- n. A toilet.
- n. a ditch.
- n. a valley.
- n. A lesbian, particularly one who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. This word has been reclaimed, by some, as politically empowering. (See usage notes.)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See dike. The spelling
dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- v. enclose with a dike
- n. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
Etymologies
- Origin unknown.
Examples
“Please note: I used the term dyke with the most loving intentions.”
“Activists who are engaged in the process of defining disability may choose to use "crip" in the same way the word "dyke" is now a chosen identity for many people but was, for generations, a deep insult.”
The Huffington Post: Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid?
“She felt an odd thrill when the delivery driver was a woman, a dyke from the looks of it.”
“We were trying to figure out why she freely uses the word dyke but can't stand to hear black people call each other the "n" word ...”
“Though I have been called a dyke by buys in a mini-van.”
“Like I was some kind of dyke superhero in a milk commercial.”
“With an audience made up of the kind of dyke- looking lesbians that Ms R remembers from her uni days weren't they all supposed to be glamorous now?”
“She claims that while employed at the hair salon, several of her coworkers made disaparaging remarks about her not conforming to gender norms for a women, e.g., she claims that they said that she had a "dyke" attitude and they didn't like it.”
“Canadians like to yak on their phones for no reason, too - although that woman with the "dyke" comment was definitely American.”
“Young blacks resurrected the word to destroy its power, much as gays took over 'dyke', 'fairy', and 'queen'.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dyke’.
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heather's Words
kleptocracy, aberrant, tawdry, insipid, noggin, obfuscate, dream, esoteric, hijinks, mischevious, nefarious, rapscallion and 184 more...
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grassdog's Words
schadenfreude, sanguine, nefarious, verisimilitude, antediluvian, salacious, obfuscate, plethora, cacophony, defenestration, vacillate, blasphemy and 478 more...
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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Aeonn's Words
discombobulation, dank, crass, abolishment, quite, ubiquitous, crank, catapult, sponge, click, queer, irish and 124 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2707 more...
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GLBT
Words, both slang and canonical, including things from queer theory
bi, bisexual, homosexual, gay, lesbian, queer, genderqueer, dyke, fag, faggot, pouf, poufter and 30 more...
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Beautiful and profane
Words about sex and sexuality that I find pleasing
pudenda, cunt, dyke, slick, lick, come, sapphic, queen, queer, kiss, buss, princeton rub and 18 more...
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Queer Words
As many queer related words as I can come up with ^_^
faggot, fag, dyke, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, transgender, gender queer, queer, bi, homosexual and 13 more...
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words describing me
dyke, queer, sapphic, fat, multiple, geek, gender queer, eclectic, crazy, eccentric, strange, weird
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GLBT
lesbian, transgender, bisexual, gay, dyke, fag, faggot, homo, queen, queer, pouf, gender rights and 17 more...
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Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Words from a 1999 'Girl, Interrupted' film.
top-notch, stunt, demise, bum, pecker, laxative, rotisserie, lifer, borderline, fatso, loon, dyke and 25 more...
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too many faggot scenes
In response to a recent conversation on Wordie. Not intended as the Geto Boys intended the line, I'm sure.
fag, queen, homo, fairy, dyke, faggot, fudge packer, sister, sissy, queer, butt pirate
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Names for Women
Both derogatory and conciliatory.
hellcat, houri, priss, sheila, virago, carlin, termagant, biddy, chit, poppet, wench, hag and 35 more...
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limberbellona's Words
comprecation, anamnesis, universalism, tzimtzum, kif, mendicant, sensuality, dyke, sattvic, artillery, bread, shade


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