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fyke

fyke noun: a type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.

fyke: a type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops
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Noun

fyke (plural fykes)

  1. A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.
    Synonyms:
    fyke net, fyke-net

Verb

fyke (third-person singular simple present fykes, present participle fyking, simple past and past participle fyked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To fish using a fyke.

Proper noun capitalized: Fyke

Fyke (plural Fykes)

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms of fyke

Forms of fyke

Noun
pluralfykes
Verb
third-person singular presentfykes
present participlefyking
past participlefyked
pastfyked
Proper noun
pluralFykes

Origin of fyke

Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.

Americanized spelling of German Feick.

Phrases with fyke

Questions about fyke

What does fyke mean?
Fyke means a type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.
What part of speech is fyke?
Fyke can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fyke?
The plural of fyke is fykes.

Words near fyke in the dictionary

  1. Fyfield and Tubney
  2. FYI
  3. FYIANA
  4. fying
  5. fying away
  6. fyke
  7. fyke net
  8. fyke nets
  9. fyke-net
  10. fyke-nets
  11. fyked

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