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dyke¹ Definition

dyke (dīk)

noun, transitive verb

dyke² Definition

dyke (dīk)

noun

Slang a lesbian, esp. one with physical characteristics traditionally thought of as belonging to men: usually a term of contempt and hostility

Etymology: contr. < morphodyke, morphodite, altered < hermaphrodite

Related Forms:

  • dykey dyk′ey adjective
dyke Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: In northern Mali, Oxfam has assisted communities in building dikes inside small pastoral lakes.
  • follow: Cross the fence and follow this dike, a stone building is clearly seen on its south side.
  • have: Like the Community Garden, Adam's has an delightful dry stane dike.
  • call: They have built walls of brick and stone called dikes.

Adjective modifier

  • drystane: Many readers will be familiar with the superbly built drystane dike on the Bealach Mor, lowest point of the ridge of Suilven.
  • Tertiary: The tide got its own back, beating us to the Tertiary basalt dikes that cut the pillow lavas in places.
  • butch: Can a butch dike not ask a femme out without a presumption of desire?
  • intrusive: Mineralization caused by intrusive Tertiary dikes may also add extra interest.
  • defensive: At Butser Hill, south of Petersfield, an Iron Age site reveals three defensive dikes, lynchets, burial mounds and ancient trackways.
  • dry: Under the ridge where the tree is growing, are the remains of a dry stane dike.

Modifies a noun

  • swarm: The top of its western face is fairly steep with many crags, pinnacles and dike swarms.
  • bar: Alternatively you could take your bezzie mate to a good dike bar and see if you can find something to distract her.
  • system: The ' park ' dike system is visible as a low wall on the east edge of the school grounds.
  • intrusion: Seismic data suggests that most of the dike intrusion in Ethiopia happened in about a week.

Noun used with modifier

  • dolerite: Throughout the island group basalt and dolerite dikes have eroded to form caves and tunnels above and below the water.
  • drystone: Excess shade from shrubs and trees can affect some mosses and lichens on drystone dikes.
  • cross-ridge: Just before it reaches the road, the track crosses the first of the series of cross-ridge dikes.
  • stane: Under the ridge where the tree is growing, are the remains of a dry stane dike.
  • drystane: Within the context of North East Scotland, the predominant features from this list are burns, drystane dikes and field edges.
  • basalt: The tide got its own back, beating us to the Tertiary basalt dikes that cut the pillow lavas in places.

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