Dyke

Dyke or dike may refer to:

• A levee, a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels
• A ditch, a water filled drainage trench
• A regional term for a dry stone wall
• Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
• Dikes, diagonal pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
• Dyking out, a slang term for a uniform or dressing assistant at Virginia Military Institute and other military schools or colleges
• Dike (mythology), the Greek goddess of moral justice
• 99 Dike, an asteroid
• D-Yikes!, an episode of South Park
• Dyke (slang), a vulgarism meaning "lesbian"
• Dyke (car), a brass era automobile
• Dyke & the Blazers - the 1960s R&B-group

Names

• Dykes (surname), a British surname found particularly in northern England
• Dyke Baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England

People

• D.L. Dykes, Jr. (1917–1997), Louisiana Methodist clergyman
• Greg Dyke (born 1947), former Director General of the BBC and current Chairman of Brentford Football Club
• Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes (born 1939), a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
• John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876), an English clergyman and hymnist
• John Dyke (rugby player) (1884–1960), Wales international rugby union player
• John and Jennie Dyke, American aircraft designers
• Keilen Dykes (born 1984), American football player
• William Dyke (born 1930), mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet (1837–1931)
• John Dyke, lead singer of German synthpop band Dyko

Places

Settlements

• Dike, Iowa, United States
• Dike, Texas, United States
• Dyke, Virginia, United States
• Dyke, Lincolnshire, England
• Little Dyke, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Dyke, Moray, Scotland

Earthworks

• Car Dyke, a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England
• Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
• Wansdyke (earthwork), dividing Wessex from the lands south west of it
• Devil's Dyke (disambiguation), one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both)

See also

• Van Dyke (disambiguation)