Meanings
nountike (plural tikes)
plural tikes
- alternativeAlternative spelling of tyke (mongrel dog)
Bobtaile tike, or trundletaile, Tom will make them weep & waile,
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi] - alternativeAlternative spelling of tyke (Yorkshireman)
- A boorish person.
- archaicArchaic form of tick (type of arthropod).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Broader
unpleasant persondisagreeable person
nouna young person of either sex
Broader
juvenilejuvenile person
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
tike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tike
MLA
“tike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tike. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tike.
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