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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tike  \Tike\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  tick.  See  2d  {Tick}.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tike  \Tike\,  n.  [Icel.  t[=i]k  a  bitch;  akin  to  Sw  tik.] 
  1.  A  dog;  a  cur.  ``Bobtail  tike  or  trundle-tail.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  A  countryman  or  clown;  a  boorish  person. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tike 
  n  1:  a  crude  uncouth  ill-bred  person  lacking  culture  or 
  refinement  [syn:  {peasant},  {barbarian},  {boor},  {churl}, 
  {Goth},  {tyke}] 
  2:  a  young  person  of  either  sex  (between  birth  and  puberty); 
  "she  writes  books  for  children";  "they're  just  kids"; 
  "`tiddler'  is  a  British  term  for  youngsters"  [syn:  {child}, 
  {kid},  {youngster},  {minor},  {shaver},  {nipper},  {small 
  fry},  {tiddler},  {tyke},  {fry},  {nestling}] 




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