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# tyke

«tyke» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small child, especially a cheeky or naughty one, said…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a tyke, tykes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A tyke is a small child, especially a cheeky or naughty one, said in a friendly way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#m1)

2) (UK, informal) A Tyke is a nickname for a person from Yorkshire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#m2)

3) (old, mostly UK) A tyke is a dog of no special breed, a mongrel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk adults call a little child a tyke with affection. In northern England, Yorkshire people are sometimes called Tykes. Phrases: little tyke, cheeky tyke.

### examples

- Come here, you little tyke! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#x1)
- The cheeky tyke hid Grandad's glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#x2)
- Even as a tyke, she loved football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#x3)
- (UK) He's a proper Yorkshire tyke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#x4)
- The old farmer's tyke barked at the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#x5)
- Those tykes have muddy footprints all over the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/#x6)

### note

Informal and friendly, not rude for a child. Spelling: tyke (sometimes tike). Can be a slight insult for an adult.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tyke» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyke/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.