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How to pronounce tyke in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms barbarian, boor, churl, goth, peasant, tike
Type of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
Type Words
Synonyms child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, youngster
Type of juvenile, juvenile person
Has types foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, infant prodigy, kiddie, kiddy, kindergartener, kindergartner, monkey, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, preschooler, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, silly, sprog, street child, toddler, tot, yearling, bambino, buster, changeling, child prodigy, bairn, urchin, waif, wonder child
Type Words
Type of english person

Examples of tyke

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The city's usual glib indifference was scrubbed away by the tyke-size mini-car.
From the bloomberg.com
Speeding up moves the wheels closer, shifting the balance from bike to tyke.
From the businessweek.com
Jimmy Glover has been a fan of his son since marrying Hershey when Lucas was a tyke.
From the thestate.com
The East Aurora tyke aims to sell at least 110 copies of the $1 newspaper.
From the buffalonews.com
So, was it even a good idea to write about the annoying little tyke at all?
From the guardian.co.uk
Robinson, a native Houstonian, made his first trip to the rodeo when he was just a tyke.
From the chron.com
We catch up with Jack as a young tyke, as he begins to experience the world around him.
From the kansas.com
I grew up a little tyke, starting trouble in the jock's room, playing with all the guys.
From the timesunion.com
Like many designers, little Calvin began sewing as a tyke and was impatient with school.
From the time.com
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  • A native of Yorkshire
  • Peasant: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
  • Child: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
  • A mixed-breed dog is a dog whose ancestry is generally unknown and that has characteristics of two or more types of breeds, or is a descendant of feral or pariah dog populations. ...
  • "Tyke" (1974 - August 20, 1994) was a female circus elephant who on August 20, 1994, in Honolulu, Hawaii, killed her trainer, Allen Campbell, and gored her groomer Dallas Beckwith causing severe injuries during a Circus International performance before hundreds of horrified spectators at the ...
  • Tyke is an American masculine given name, and may refer to: * Tyke Peacock (born 1961), American high jumper * Tyke Tolbert (21st century), American football coach
  • Spike (occasionally referred to as Butch or Killer) and Tyke are fictional characters from the Tom and Jerry series, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. ...
  • (The Tykes) Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's. The club colours are red and white, and their home ground since 1888 has been Oakwell.
  • A mongrel dog; A child, especially a boy