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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 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.
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.
A dyke is a thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto very low-lying land from a river or from the sea.
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. In the mainstream gay community, lesbian and gay remain the terms of choice.
Definition of dyke noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
A dyke is a thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto very low-lying land from a river or from the sea. [...]
dyke definition: 1. a wall built to stop water from a sea or river going onto the land 2. a passage that has been…. Learn more.
A complete guide to the word "DYKE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Definitions of dyke. noun. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea. synonyms: dam, dike. see more. verb. enclose with a dike. synonyms: dike.
