Dyke (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, verb, dyked, dyk·ing.
  1. dike1.
noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
noun
  1. an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc
  2. a ditch or watercourse
  3. a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch
  4. a wall, esp a dry-stone wall
  5. a barrier or obstruction
  6. a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock
  7. Australian and NZ informal
    • a lavatory
    • (as modifier)
verb
  1. an embankment or wall built to confine a river to a particular course
  2. to protect, enclose, or drain (land) with a dyke
noun
  1. a lesbian
noun
  1. Greg (ory). born 1947, British television executive; director-general of the BBC (2000–04)
Dyke (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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