tike
- noun
- /taɪk/
- Offensive
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patán
- The old man called the unruly boy a tike for his bad behavior.
Examples
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She refused to associate with someone she considered a tike.
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That little tike threw a tantrum in the store.
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In the pub, the drunk tike shouted insults at everyone around him.
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Don't be such a tike and apologize!
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He acts like a real tike when he interrupts others during meetings.
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She described him as a tike for his rude behavior at the dinner party.
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Even though he is a successful businessman, his tike mannerisms make him hard to respect.
Synonyms
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5.3
A rude person who is seen as having bad manners and used as an insult
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6.4
A person who behaves rudely or without manners
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9.6
A person from the countryside who seems uneducated or unaware of city ways
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8.9
A person from the countryside who seems not used to city life
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9.9
A person who behaves roughly and without manners
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8.3
A rude person who shows little respect for others
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9.9
A person who is rude and selfish to other people
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9.9
A rude person who has poor manners
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9.9
A rude or uncultured person used as an insult in older speech
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9.9
A rude young person who acts badly in public
A person who is very foolish and annoying
Antonyms
How Rude
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tike also comes from an old Norse word tík meaning 'female dog', and calling someone a 'tike' was a way to compare them to a scruffy animal. That's why tike can mean an ill-bred or rude person today.