tyke
Meaning
- (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
- (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- (Canada, colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- (British, dated) An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
- (UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
- (Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, informal) A Roman Catholic.
Synonyms
rude fellow
random-bred dog
Translations
Köter
chucho
ragazzo
παιδί
brute
nen
criançaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/taɪk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“female dog”), from Proto-Germanic *tīkō. Compare Icelandic tík, Faroese tík, and Swedish tik, all meaning “bitch”. Sense 5 (“Roman Catholic”) is an alteration of taig, and was first used in writing in the early 20ᵗʰ century.
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