different between tyke vs tyne

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?n/

Etymology 1

See teen.

Noun

tyne

1. (obsolete) anxiety; teen

Verb

tyne (third-person singular simple present tynes, present participle tyning, simple past and past participle tyned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To lose.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

     ‘Yes, bonny wee thing, I’ll wear you in my bosom, lest my jewel I should tyne.’

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become lost; to perish.

Etymology 2

Noun

tyne (plural tynes)

1. Alternative form of tine

Anagrams

• nyet

Middle English

Noun

tyne

1. Alternative form of tin

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse týna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?in/

Verb

tyne (third-person singular present tynes, present participle tynin, past tint, past participle tint)

1. To lose.

2. To cause somebody to lose a legal case.