tryke
/tɹaɪk/
tryke noun: a lesbian trans woman.
Noun
tryke (plural trykes)
- A lesbian trans woman.
- […] faggots dykes and trykes who have not found the ability or the words […]2005, Emanuel Xavier, Bullets & Butterflies: Queer Spoken Word Poetry, page 117
- I mention an idea for Tryke T-shirts. "They'd say 'Trykes like dykes' on the front," I explain, and 'Dykes like Trykes' on the back. I wonder if anyone would wear them?
One of the Avengers looks at me. She is very pretty. I feel something pass between us. "I would wear it," she says. I wonder what...2020, Riki Wilchins, Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, GenderQueer-Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary, page 237
Forms of tryke
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Words that rhyme with tryke
Questions about tryke
- What does tryke mean?
- Tryke means a lesbian trans woman.
- What part of speech is tryke?
- Tryke is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tryke?
- Tryke is pronounced /tɹaɪk/.
- What is the plural of tryke?
- The plural of tryke is trykes.
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