tyke.
A mongrel dog.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
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, female dog”.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.