[syn: dike, dyke]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dyke \Dyke\, n.
See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the
geological meaning.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dyke
n 1: (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably
masculine [syn: butch, dike, dyke]
2: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep
out the sea [syn: dam, dike, dyke]
v 1: enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from
water" [syn: dike, dyke]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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