Dick
name, noun, num, verb, slang ·Top 500 ·Elementary level
Definitions
- 1 A male person. countable, obsolete
"THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR: "Please stop sucking my dick or I'll call the police.""
- 2 A detective. US, dated, slang, transitive, vulgar
"private dick, railroad dick"
- 3 A declaration. obsolete, slang, transitive, vulgar
""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.""
- 4 obscene terms for penis wordnet
- 5 A male person. (countable and uncountable, informal, vulgar, slang) The penis.; The penis. countable, informal, obsolete, slang, uncountable, vulgar
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- 6 someone who is a detective wordnet
- 7 A contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk. countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
"That dude is such a dick."
- 8 Absolutely nothing. Canada, US, slang, uncommon, uncountable, vulgar
"Last weekend I did dick."
- 9 Sexual intercourse with a man. slang, uncountable, vulgar
"You better try and get some dick and take your mind off this bullshit."
- 1 To mistreat or take advantage of somebody (often with around or up). slang, transitive, vulgar
"Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!"
- 2 To penetrate sexually. slang, transitive, vulgar
"Homeboy, throw in the towel / Your girl got dicked by Ricky Powell"
- 1 Ten, in Cumbrian sheep counting. Cumbria, slang, transitive, vulgar
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
"Lascivious Edward, and thou perjur'd George,/ And thou mis-shapen Dick, I tell ye all,"
- 2 A surname transferred from the given name.
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More examples"Bill got mad and called Dick names."
Etymology
Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean "everyman", whence the word acquired its other meanings.
A shortening and alteration of de(t)ec(tive).
A shortening and alteration of dec(laration).
From a Cumbric *deg, corresponding to Welsh deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg.
Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.
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