Dyke or dike may refer to:

General uses

  • Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian"
  • Dike (geology), formations of magma or sediment that cut through and across the layering of adjacent rocks
  • Dike (mythology), Dikē, the Greek goddess of moral justice
  • Dikes, diagonal pliers, also called side-cutting pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
  • Dyke (automobile company), established 1899

Structures

  • Levee, a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels
  • Ditch, a water-filled drainage trench
  • A regional term for a dry stone wall

People

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

Places

Settlements

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

Earthworks

  • Car Dyke, a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England
  • Devil's Dyke (disambiguation), one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both)
  • Foss Dyke, a Roman canal in England linking the River Trent to the River Witham at Lincoln
  • Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
  • Wansdyke, dividing Wessex from the lands southwest of it
  • Wat's Dyke, an earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey to Maesbury

Geological features

  • The Great Dyke, a mineral-rich feature that runs through Zimbabwe
  • Mount Desire Dyke, an igneous intrusion in South Australia

See also

  • Dyke and the Blazers, 1960s R&B group
  • Van Dyke
  • "D-Yikes!", an episode of South Park
  • 99 Dike, an asteroid
  • Winter dyke, another name for a clothes horse