tyke
Significat (English)
- A mongrel dog.
- (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
- (informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
- (informal) A Roman Catholic.
Synonyms
rude fellow
random-bred dog
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/taɪk/
Etimologia (English)
In summary
From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare modern Icelandic tík (“bitch, female dog”), Faroese tík (“bitch, female dog”), Swedish tik (“bitch, female dog”). For sense 5, early 20th century: alteration of Taig.
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