tyke
pronunciation
How to pronounce tyke in British English:
UK [taɪk]
How to pronounce tyke in American English:
US [taɪk]
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- Noun:
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- a young person of either sex
Word Origin
- tyke (n.)
- late 14c., "cur, mongrel," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tik "bitch," from Proto-Germanic *tikk- (cognates: Middle Low German tike). Also applied in Middle English to a low-bred or lazy man. The meaning "child" is from 1902, though the word was used in playful reproof from 1894. As a nickname for a Yorkshireman, from c. 1700; "Perhaps originally opprobrious; but now accepted and owned" [OED].
Example
- 1. The tyke was too nervous to speak .
- 2. When do I get to see the little tyke ?
- 3. Little tyke fell asleep as we were flying over bristol .
- 4. Who is that short tyke ?
- 5. The tyke wregardingo nervous to speak .