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- Dictionarydyke/dʌɪk/
noun
- 1. a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.
- 2. a ditch or watercourse.
verb
- 1. provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding: "they dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer"
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Dyke is a slang term, used as a noun meaning lesbian. It originated as a homophobic slur for masculine, butch , or androgynous girls or women. Pejorative use of the word still exists, but the term dyke has been reappropriated by many lesbians to imply assertiveness and toughness [ 1 ] (for example: the Dykes on Bikes motorcycle club).
DYKE definition: 1. a wall built to prevent the sea or a river from covering an area, or a channel dug to take water…. Learn more.
noun. , Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian. Discover More. Sensitive Note. The terms dyke and bull dyke are used with disparaging intent and are perceived as insulting. However, they have been adopted as positive terms of self-reference by young or radical lesbians and in the academic community.
noun. 1. an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc. 2. a ditch or watercourse. 3. a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch. 4. Scottish. a wall, esp a dry-stone wall. 5. a barrier or obstruction. 6. a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock. 7.
noun. ˈdīk. variants or less commonly dike. usually offensive. : lesbian. dykey. ˈdī-kē. adjective usually offensive. Word History. Etymology. Noun. origin unknown. First Known Use. Noun. 1931, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of dyke was in 1931. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near dyke.
noun. dykes. Used as a disparaging term for a lesbian. American Heritage. Dike. Webster's New World. A lesbian, esp. one with physical characteristics traditionally thought of as belonging to men. Webster's New World. Alternative spelling of dike. Wiktionary. (Australia, slang) A toilet.
a slang term for lesbian (and by connotation, anyone perceived to be one – including bisexual+ women), and commonly a particularly masculine or butch one.
