TYKE Meaning of TYKE in English [tyke] n [ME tyke, fr. ON tik bitch; akin to MLG tike bitch] (15c) 1: dog; esp: an inferior or mongrel dog 2. a chiefly Brit: a clumsy, churlish, or eccentric person b: a small child Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012