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dikes

dikes is the plural of dike.

dikes is the alternative spelling of dykes.

Meaning of dike

Noun

dike (plural dikes)

  1. (US, dialectal, obsolete, slang) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.

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Meaning of dykes

Noun

dykes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire cutters.
    • If you use undersized dykes to cut large wire, you can damage or break them.2008, John Hechtman, Audio Wiring Guide: How to Wire the Most Popular Audio and Video Connectors, page 15

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Origin of dikes

See dike.

Likely a blend of diagonal + cut, with influence from dyke and dike.

Phrases with dikes

Questions about dikes

What is dikes the plural of?
Dikes is the plural of dike.

Words near dikes in the dictionary

  1. Dikemans
  2. diker
  3. dikeria
  4. dikerion
  5. dikers
  6. dikes
  7. dikes out
  8. dikes up
  9. dikeside
  10. dikesides
  11. Diket

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dikes (page history and authors); dike (page history and authors); dykes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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