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dick

DIK/dɪk/

Pluraldicks

Verbdicks, dicking, dicked

10 meanings of dick

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  1. 1
    penisnounslangvulgarcountable or uncountable
    The penis, the sex organ of a male.

    The doctor said the rash on his dick was nothing serious.

    He made a crude joke about the size of his dick.

    UsageA rude word; in polite talk say penis.

    Similarcock, chopper

  2. 2
    rude personnounslangderogatoryoffensivevulgarcountable
    A very rude or mean person, especially a man.

    Don't be a dick. Let your little brother play too.

    Her new boss acted like a total dick on her first day.

    UsageSay someone is being a dick.

    Similarasshole, bastard, asshat, butthead, berk

  3. 3
    treat badlyverbslangvulgartransitive
    To treat someone badly or use them unfairly.

    My phone company likes to dick customers around with hidden fees.

    His business partner dicked him on the deal and kept most of the money.

    UsagePut the person between dick and around: stop dicking me around.

    Similarscrew, cheat, shaft

  4. 4
    nothingnounslangvulgarCanadaUSuncountable
    Nothing, not even a little bit.

    He knows dick about cars, so don't let him fix yours.

    We waited three hours and got dick for our trouble.

    UsageSay nothing instead in most talk.

    Similarnothing, squat, zilch, zip, jack

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  5. 5
    verbslangvulgartransitive
    For a man, to have sex with someone.

    He told everyone he had dicked his ex again, but nobody believed him.

    He only wanted to dick her, not date her.

    Similarscrew, bang, shag

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  6. 6
    sex from a mannounslangvulgaruncountable
    Sex with a man.

    She joked that she just needed some dick to cheer her up.

    He thinks giving a woman dick will fix every fight.

    UsageSay some dick, not a dick, in this use.

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Origins

Meanings 1–6, 8

It comes from Dick, a short form of the name Richard. The name came to mean any ordinary man, and the word's other meanings grew from that.

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  • This etymological family derives from Dick, a short form of Richard. en.wiktionary.org
  • Dick became a generic name for an ordinary man. en.wikipedia.org
  • The other meanings within this etymological family developed from the generic-man meaning. en.wiktionary.org
Meaning 7

A short form of the word detective.

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Meaning 9

A short form of the word declaration.

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