Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small child, especially a boy.
- n. A mongrel or cur.
- n. Chiefly British A man considered uncouth or mean; a boor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See 2d tike.
- n. a small child.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- n. a young person of either sex
- n. a native of Yorkshire
Etymologies
- Middle English, mongrel, from Old Norse tīk, bitch.
Examples
“If your tyke is still too young for those, try these adorable hat & booties sets.”
“Just found out that my favorite fantasy series when I was a tyke is coming to the big American screen, and Ian McShane plays Merriman Lyon!”
“This adorable little tyke is the newest addition to the scrubbles store.”
“My tyke is my teacher and he delivers these lessons for me to learn night or day; at home or even on vacation.”
“My tyke is my teacher, even during stressful times and situations.”
“tyke" of a doggie -- a biography which had so lived in my recollection that when a queer little fluffy dumpling of a puppy was given me I could not help giving it the old familiar name, little knowing how aptly true the name would prove to be in after years.”
“Yesterday, for instance, we recognized a little tyke of 42.”
“I know that as a very little tyke (I * think* pre-school), I remember interrupting a meal with sobbing.”
“In a wildly unconvincing reversal, Dexter talks Travis into releasing the adorable tyke and putting him on an elevator ?”
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brtom "Who owns the bleeding tyke?" Joyce, Ulysses, 15 Jan 1, 2008