tyke
A mongrel dogA mongrel dog.
Meaning
5 senses(dialectal)A mongrel dog.
дворня́жкаdvornjážka
(colloquial)A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
Lümmel, Schlingel, Lausbube
розбиша́каrozbyšáka
A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
(Canada, colloquial)Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
(UK, dated)An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
(UK, informal)A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
a native of Yorkshire
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“female dog”), from Proto-Germanic *tīFrom 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, female dog”.
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