dick around
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dick around (third-person singular simple present dicks around, present participle dicking around, simple past and past participle dicked around)
- (intransitive, vulgar, informal, Canada, US) To waste time on an unproductive activity.
- Synonyms: dick about, idle, lollygag, mess about, mess around, pull one's pud, waste time; see also Thesaurus:loiter
- Will you guys quit dicking around and get to work?
- 2009, Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard[1] (satire), Onion News Network:
- It remains to be seen if the Wheel will catch on in the business world, where people use computers for actual work and not just dicking around.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To mistreat (someone); to take advantage of; to swindle; to blow off.
- Synonym: screw over
- Coordinate term: slap around
- Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!
- Is it really as complex as they claim or are they just dicking us around?
- 2006, Allison Rushby, Hating Valentine's Day[2], page 148:
- […] I put myself on the line for you. I told you I wasn't sure if I was ready for a relationship again and you blew it. You blew it! You call this a fresh start? This doesn't look like a fresh start to me. You're dicking me around just like the rest of them, Drew.