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English

Etymology

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Noun

tye (plural tyes)

1. A knot; a tie.
2. (Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.
3. (nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
4. (mining) A trough for washing ores.

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Translations

References

• 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 6.

  the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye

Verb

tye (third-person singular simple present tyes, present participle tyeing, simple past and past participle tyed)

1. Obsolete form of tie.

Anagrams

• -ety, ety, tey, yet

Afrikaans

Noun

tye

1. plural of tyd

Sranan Tongo

Interjection

tye

1. oh

English

Alternative forms

• tike

Etymology

From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare modern Icelandic tík (“bitch, female dog”), Faroese tík (“bitch, female dog”), Swedish tik (“bitch, female dog”). For sense 5, early 20th century: alteration of Taig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

tyke (plural tykes)

1. (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
2. (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one
   1. (Canada) An initiation level of sports competition for young children (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (dated, chiefly Britain) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
   • 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Him, ch 5:

     Why, the inquiry thing, the yellow-dog thing—you wouldn’t think a mangy, native tyke would be allowed to trip up people in the verandah of a magistrate’s court, would you?

4. (Britain, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman
5. (Australia, New Zealand, informal, derogatory) A Roman Catholic

Synonyms

• (mongrel dog): mongrel, mutt
• (slang: small child): ankle-biter, nipper, tot

Related terms

• Tyke

Translations

References

“tyke”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• Kyte, kyte, tyek