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Definition of 'dick'

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean 'everyman', from which the word acquired other meanings.

Noun

  • (countable|obsolete) A male person.
  • (countable|and|uncountable|vulgar|slang) The penis.
    • He wore a condom over his dick .
    Sorry, girls, I suck dick .
  • (countable|British|US|vulgar|slang|pejorative) A highly contemptible person.
    • That person is such a dick .
  • (uncountable|US|Canada|vulgar|slang) Absolutely nothing.
    • Last weekend I did dick .
    Hypernyms
    * genitals
    Synonyms
    * (penis) See * (contemptible person) dickhead
    Derived terms
    * dickhead

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (slang|vulgar) To mistreat or take advantage of somebody (with around ).
    • Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!
  • (slang|vulgar) To waste time, to goof off (with around ).
    • Quit dicking around and get to work!
  • (slang|vulgar|of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • * 1996 , Clarence Major, Dirty bird blues
    • "Listen, this old gal we going to see probably don't like liquor and drinking, so be cool. I'm just gon borrow a few bucks off her. I ain't never dicked her or nothing."

    Etymology 2

    A shortening and alteration of de(t)ec(tive).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncommon|US|slang) A detective.
    • private dick''''', ''railroad '''dick
  • * {{quote-book
    • | date = 1937-11-01 | title = (Death on the Nile) | first = Agatha | last = Christie | authorlink = Agatha Christie | passage = “I am a detective,” said (Hercule Poirot) with the modest air of one who says “I am a king.”

    “Good God!” The young man seemed seriously taken aback. “Do you mean that girl actually totes about a dumb dick ?” }}

    Derived terms
    * private dick * clever dick

    Etymology 3

    A shortening and alteration of dec(laration).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) A declaration.
  • * 1875 : Mrs. George Croft Huddleston, Bluebell
    • "He seems to set a deal of store by her, though. There's some young 'ooman at home, where she lives, I'd take my dying dick ."

    Etymology 4

    (Yan Tan Tethera) From (etyl) numerals.

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (West Cumbrian|Borrowdale|dialect) ten in Cumbrian sheep counting
    • Derived terms
    * yan-a-dick * tyan-a-dick * tethera-a-dick * methera-a-dick
    See also
    *

    References

    * {{reference-book | last = Wirght | first = Peter | title = Cumbrian Chat | origyear = 1995 | publisher = Dalesman Publishing Company | id = ISBN 185-568-092-0 | pages = 7 }} * {{reference-book | last = Deakin | first = Michael A.B. | editor = Leigh-Lancaster, David | title = The Name of the Number | origyear = 2007 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sSGPsbUdzuMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Name+of+the+Number&client=firefox-a&sig=rltANTWrl82R7Ho4mEv0PivE698 | accessdate = 2008-05-17 | publisher = Australian Council for Educational Research | id = ISBN 0864317573 | pages = 75 }} * {{reference-book | last = Varvogli | first = Aliki | title = Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide | origyear = 2002 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YwW7f0jB9swC&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Proulx,+Annie%22&client=firefox-a&sig=1V4j_clhRbrJm7XnesnFDk8NU0Q | accessdate = 2008-05-17 | publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group | id = ISBN 0826452337 | pages = 24-25 }} English cardinal numbers ----

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