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tike

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /taɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of tyke (mongrel dog)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of tyke (Yorkshireman)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A boorish person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Archaic form of tick (type of arthropod).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a young person of either sex

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she writes books for children
  • they're just kids
  • `tiddler' is a British term for youngster

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tyke, fry, nestling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: juvenile, juvenile person

Narrower terms: bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, kiddy, orphan, peanut, pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny, poster child, preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener, silly, sprog, toddler, yearling, tot, bambino, urchin, waif, street child

6

noun

Meaning 6

a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.