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dyke
1[ dahyk ]
dyke
2[ dahyk ]
noun
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
dyke
1/ daɪk /
noun
- slang.a lesbian
Dyke
2/ dɑɪk /
noun
- DykeGreg(ory)1947MBritishFILMS AND TV: television executive Greg ( ory ). born 1947, British television executive; director-general of the BBC (2000–04)
dyke
3/ daɪk /
noun
- an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc
- a ditch or watercourse
- a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch
- a wall, esp a dry-stone wall
- a barrier or obstruction
- a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock
- informal.
- a lavatory
- ( as modifier )
a dyke roll
verb
- civil engineering an embankment or wall built to confine a river to a particular course
- tr to protect, enclose, or drain (land) with a dyke
Sensitive Note
Other Words From
- dyk·ey adjective dykier dykiest
Word History and Origins
Origin of dyke1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dyke1
Origin of dyke2
Example Sentences
She told a story of a fellow employee who identifies as a butch dyke (a lesbian who takes on a more masculine identity).
It would be fun to talk to the Carl Reiners of the world, going back to Dick Van Dyke.
As the car passes the Super All Drugs, Butch Trucks cranes around to stare at a flamboyant leather dyke.
When my friend told the cis dyke that she was in fact a trans woman, the cis dyke seemed to immediately lose interest.
But Van Dyke has also been the target of blistering criticism from those who see him as less freedom fighter and more war tourist.
The great dyke which kept out arbitrary power had been broken.
Dyke Acland's mark is an anchor on the near side of each of his large herd of ponies, on Exmoor.
As we came on board we saw our ambassador, Mr. Van Dyke, tell some of his friends goodbye and wish them Godspeed.
Mr. Van Dyke and his clerks, assisted by boy scouts, were working overtime to gratify all these demands.
A wherry sweeping down the dyke with peak lowered leaves us but scant room to pass as we sail back to Heigham Sounds.
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