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TYKE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  tIk

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
  2. [n]  a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
 
 Synonyms: barbarian, boor, child, churl, fry, Goth, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, peasant, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, youngster
 
 See Also: bairn, bambino, buster, changeling, child's body, disagreeable person, foster-child, imp, juvenile, juvenile person, kiddy, monkey, orphan, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, preschooler, pupil, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, schoolchild, silly, sprog, toddler, tot, unpleasant person, urchin, waif, yearling

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tyke\, n.
See 2d {Tike}.
 

 

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