Definition of tykes Tykes
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Wiktionary 
- tykes (Noun)
Plural of tyke.
Part of speech
🔤- tykes, noun, plural of tyke.
WordNet
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| tyke - a native of Yorkshire | ||
| tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" | ||
| child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, fry, nestling | ||
| juvenile, juvenile person a young person, not fully developed | ||
| child's body the body of a human child | ||
| bairn a child: son or daughter | ||
| buster a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster" | ||
| changeling a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy | ||
| child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy" | ||
| foster-child, foster child, fosterling a child who is raised by foster parents | ||
| scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag one who is playfully mischievous | ||
| kiddy a young child | ||
| orphan a young animal without a mother | ||
| peanut pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms | ||
| picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | ||
| poster child a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" | ||
| kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | ||
| silly a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" | ||
| sprog a child | ||
| bambino, toddler, tot, yearling a young child | ||
| urchin poor and often mischievous city child | ||
| tyke - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | ||
| peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tike | ||
| disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tyke (n.)
See 2d Tike.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tyke
See Tike
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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tyke
A dog, also a clown; a Yorkshire tyke.
Part of speech
🔤- tyke, noun, singular of tykes.
