"Tyke" was a circus elephant who on August 20, 1994 in Honolulu, Hawaii, killed her trainer, Allen Campbell, and mauled her groom Dallas Beckwith causing severe injuries during a Circus International performance before hundreds of horrified spectators at the Neal Blaisdell Center. Tyke then bolted from the arena and ran through downtown streets of Kakaako for more than thirty minutes. Police fired 86 shots at Tyke who eventually collapsed from the wounds and died.

a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"

See 2d Tike.

a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

a small child.