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dyke¹ (d

n. & v.

Variant of dike¹.

dyke² (d

k) also dike

n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a lesbian.

[Origin unknown.]

dykey adj.

Dyke [dɑɪk]

(Biographies / Dyke, Greg(ory) (1947 M, British, FILMS AND TV: television executive) Greg(ory). born 1947, British television executive; director-general of the BBC from 2000

dyke¹, dike [daɪk]

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc.

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a ditch or watercourse

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch

4. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) Scot a wall, esp a dry-stone wall

5. a barrier or obstruction

6. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock

7. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) Austral and NZ informal

a. a lavatory

b. (as modifier) a dyke roll

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) Civil engineering an embankment or wall built to confine a river to a particular course

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) (tr) to protect, enclose, or drain (land) with a dyke

[modification of Old English dic ditch; compare Old Norse dīki ditch]

dyke², dike [daɪk]

Slang a lesbian

[of unknown origin]

dyke¹ (daɪk)

n., v. dyked, dyk•ing.

dike ¹.

dyke² or dike (daɪk)

n.

usage: This term is usually used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting. However, it has been increasingly adopted as a preferred term by young or radical homosexuals and in the academic community. In the mainstream homosexual community, gay and lesbian remain the terms of choice.

—n. Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.

(a term used to refer to a female homosexual or lesbian.)

[1930–35; of uncertain origin]

dyke′y, adj.

Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	dyke - (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine butch, dike derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" gay woman, lesbian, tribade - a female homosexual
	2.	dyke - a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea dam, dike barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement milldam - dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill weir - a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
Verb	1.	dyke - enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water" dike inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

dyke

noun wall, barrier, dam, enclosure, palisade I then slid down the side of the dyke.

Translations

dyke [daɪk] N

1. (= barrier) → dique m; (= channel) → canal m, acequia f; (= causeway) → calzada f; (= embankment) → terraplén m

2. (= lesbian) → tortillera f

dyke [ˈdaɪk] n (= embankment) → digue f

dyke, (US) dike

(= channel) → (Entwässerungs)graben m, → Kanal m

(= barrier) → Deich m, → Damm m; (= causeway) → Fahrdamm m

(sl: = lesbian) → Lesbe f (inf)

vt land → eindeichen; river → eindämmen

dyke [daɪk] n

a. (barrier) → diga, argine m; (channel) → canale m di scolo; (causeway) → sentiero rialzato

b. (offensive) (lesbian) → lesbica

dyke, dike (daik) noun

an embankment built as a barrier against the sea etc.

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