Dyke

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dyke \Dyke\, n.
     See {Dike}. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the
     geological meaning.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dyke
       n 1: offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
            [syn: {butch}, {dike}]
       2: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
          keep out the sea [syn: {dam}, {dike}, {levee}]
       v : enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from
           water" [syn: {dike}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "dyke":
     amazon, androgyne, auntie, bi-guy, bisexual, bull dyke, butch,
     catamite, chicken, fag, faggot, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice,
     fruit, gunsel, homo, homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, hoyden,
     invert, lesbian, nance, pansy, pathic, punk, queen, queer, romp,
     sapphist, tomboy, tribade, virago