dike

Meanings

Noun

• Alternative of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
• A well-dressed man.
• Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
• Alternative of dyke: a masculine woman; a lesbian.

Verb

• Alternative of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
• To be well dressed.

Origin

• Of Unknown etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.
• See dyke.