tyke
Plural: tykes
Noun
- A small child; a mischievous or cheeky boy.
- a native of Yorkshire
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- a young person of either sex
- A mongrel dog.
- A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
- An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
- A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
- A Roman Catholic.
Examples
- Even a little TYKE could spot the easy three-letter words on this board.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
barbarian, boor, child, churl, fry, Goth, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, peasant, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, youngster, ankle-biter, mongrel, mutt, tot
Scrabble Score: 11
tyke: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtyke: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tyke: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary