tyke

tyke also tike  (tk)

n.

1. A small child, especially a boy.

2. A mongrel or cur.

3. Chiefly British A man considered uncouth or mean; a boor.

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[Middle English, mongrel, from Old Norse tk, bitch.]

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tyke or tike

Noun

1. Brit, Austral & NZ informal a small or cheeky child

2. Brit dialect a rough ill-mannered person [Old Norse tīk bitch]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Tyke - a native of Yorkshire English person - a native or inhabitant of England
	2.	tyke - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement boor, churl, Goth, tike, barbarian, peasant disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	3.	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, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry child's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child 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 child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age 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, yearling, tot - a young child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"