Tomboy vs. Dyke
Tomboynoun
A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
Tomboynoun
A lesbian.
Tomboynoun
A romping girl; a hoiden.
Tomboynoun
a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
Tomboynoun
a girl who enjoys rough, noisy activities traditionally associated with boys.
Tomboy
A tomboy is a girl who exhibits characteristics or behaviors considered typical of a boy. Common characteristics include wearing masculine clothing and engaging in games and activities that are physical in nature and are considered in many cultures to be unfeminine or the domain of boys.
Dykenoun
A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
Dykenoun
(UK) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
Dykenoun
Any navigable watercourse.
Dykenoun
Any watercourse.
Dykenoun
Any small body of water.
Dykenoun
(obsolete) Any hollow dug into the ground.
Dykenoun
A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Dykenoun
(UK) An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch.
Dykenoun
(obsolete) A city wall.
Dykenoun
A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
Dykenoun
Any fence or hedge.
Dykenoun
(UK) An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
Dykenoun
Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
Dykenoun
(UK) A beaver's dam.
Dykenoun
A jetty; a pier.
Dykenoun
(UK) A raised causeway.
Dykenoun
A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
Dykenoun
A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
Dykenoun
A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or macho traits or behavior.
Dykeverb
To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
Dykeverb
To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
Dykeverb
To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
Dykeverb
To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
Dykeverb
To scour a watercourse.
Dykeverb
To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.
Dykenoun
See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
Dykenoun
offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
Dykenoun
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
Dykeverb
enclose with a dike;
