Dyke

Dyke or dike may refer to:

• A natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels, called levee in American English
• 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
• Dike (mythology), the Greek goddess of moral justice
• Dikes, diagonal or side-cutting pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
• Dyke (car), a brass era automobile
• Dyke (slang), a vulgarism meaning "lesbian"
• Dyking out, a slang term for a uniform or dressing assistant at Virginia Military Institute and other military schools or colleges
• "D-Yikes!", an episode of South Park
• 99 Dike, an asteroid

Names

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

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

• Dyke & the Blazers, 1960s R&B group
• Van Dyke (disambiguation)