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dyke

noun

1 dyke

slang Offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine.

synonyms: butch, dike.

Roget 232: inclosure, envelope; case etc. (receptacle) 191; wrapper; girdle etc. 230.    pen, fold; pen fold, in fold, ... show more

Roget 259: furrow, groove, rut, sulcus [Anat.], scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, fluting; ... show more

Roget 374: woman, she, her, female, petticoat.    feminality, muliebrity; womanhood etc. (adolescence) 131.    womankind; the sex, the fair; ... show more

Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation, preservation etc. 670; guardianship.    area defense; ... show more

Dutch: lesbi, lesbienne, lesbo, pot, schuurmeid, tribade

2 dyke

A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea.

synonyms: dam, dike.

Roget 343: land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou [U.S.], fiord, armlet; frith, firth, ostiary, ... show more

Dutch: sloot, stuwdam, dam, dijk, waterdam, waterkering
Polish: zapora wodna, tama, zapora

verb

1 dyke

Enclose with a dike.

synonym: dike.


Moby thesaurus: amazon, androgyne, auntie, bi-guy, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken, fag, faggot, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice, fruit, gunsel, homo, homophile, homosexual ... show more.

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