Dyke
Appearance
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 term for "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