EGAVE

tyke

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A mongrel dog.
  2. noun A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one. Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. noun Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. noun An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
  5. noun A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.

Similar words

tike kid nestling fry small fry shaver nipper tiddler boor youngster

Often followed by

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Word family

tike tikes tykes

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