dick
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean "everyman", whence the word acquired its other meanings.
Noun edit
dick (countable and uncountable, plural dicks)
- (countable, obsolete) A male person.
- (countable, slang) A detective, especially one working for the police; a police officer.
- (countable and uncountable, vulgar, slang) The penis.
- 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 83:
- THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR: "Please stop sucking my dick or I'll call the police."
- (countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory) A highly contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk.
- That person is such a dick.
- (uncountable, US, Canada, vulgar, slang, uncommon) Absolutely nothing.
- Last weekend I did dick.
- 1997, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, spoken by Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones):
- Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely… dick.
- (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a man.
- 1991, quoted in Andrew Parker, Nationalisms & Sexualities, page 309:
- You better try and get some dick and take your mind off this bullshit.
- 1991, quoted in Andrew Parker, Nationalisms & Sexualities, page 309:
Synonyms edit
- (penis): See Thesaurus:penis
- (contemptible person): See Thesaurus:git, Thesaurus:jerk
- (nothing): See Thesaurus:nothing
Hypernyms edit
Derived terms edit
- anteater dick
- anteater-dick
- baby dick
- bag of dicks
- bald dick
- bee's dick
- big dick energy
- boydick
- catch a dick
- chick with a dick
- cinder dick
- coke dick
- coon dick
- coon-dick
- crystal dick
- deca dick
- dick all
- dickass
- dickbag
- dickbait
- dickbiscuit
- dickbrain
- dick-brain
- dickbreath
- dickbutt
- dick cheese
- dick-cheese
- dickcheese
- dicked
- dickface
- dickfest
- dickflesh
- dickfuck
- dickfucker
- dickgirl
- dick-head
- dickhead
- dick-headedly
- dickhole
- dicking
- dickitude
- dick juice
- dickless
- dicklet
- dicklicker
- dicklike
- dickling
- dick lit
- dick-measuring contest
- dick milk
- dick move
- dick munch
- dick muncher
- dicknose
- dicknut
- dickology
- dickpic
- dick pic
- dick print
- dickride
- dick root
- dicksack
- dickshit
- dicksicle
- dickslap
- dick smoker
- dick snot
- dicksplash
- dicksplat
- dickstain
- dickster
- dicksucker
- dicksucking
- dicktard
- dicktionary
- dick togs
- dick up
- dickwad
- dick-waving
- dick-waving contest
- dickweasel
- dick weed
- dickweed
- dickwipe
- dickwit
- donkey dick
- dope dick
- double-dick
- eat a bag of dicks
- eat a dick
- get one's dick wet
- girldick
- groaty dick
- horse dick
- house dick
- limp-dick
- limp dick
- lumpy dick
- megadick
- needle dick
- niggerdick
- noodle dick
- pencil dick
- pimple-dick
- pimple dick
- private dick
- shitdick
- slippery dick
- small dick energy
- spotted dick
- stick one's dick in crazy
- suck dick
- suck donkey dick
- suck my dick
- superdick
- swinging dick
- t-dick
- whiskey dick
- with one's dick in one's hand
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: dikki (colloquial, humorous)
Translations edit
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Verb edit
dick (third-person singular simple present dicks, present participle dicking, simple past and past participle dicked)
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To mistreat or take advantage of somebody (often with around or up).
- Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a man) To penetrate sexually.
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- (have sexual intercourse with): bone, go to bed with, schlong; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
A shortening and alteration of de(t)ec(tive).
Noun edit
dick (plural dicks)
- (dated, US, slang) A detective.
- private dick, railroad dick
- 1937 November 1, Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile:
- “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 edit
Translations edit
Etymology 3 edit
A shortening and alteration of dec(laration).
Noun edit
dick (plural dicks)
- (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 edit
From a Cumbric numeral corresponding to Welsh deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg.
Numeral edit
dick
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot
References edit
- Wirght, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 7
- Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007) Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number[2], Australian Council for Educational Research, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, page 75
- Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide[3], Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, pages 24-25
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicki, dicchi (akin to Old Saxon thikki), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī.
Compare Low German dick, Dutch dik, English thick, Danish tyk.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dick (strong nominative masculine singular dicker, comparative dicker, superlative am dicksten)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist dick | sie ist dick | es ist dick | sie sind dick | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dicker | dicke | dickes | dicke |
genitive | dicken | dicker | dicken | dicker | |
dative | dickem | dicker | dickem | dicken | |
accusative | dicken | dicke | dickes | dicke | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dicke | die dicke | das dicke | die dicken |
genitive | des dicken | der dicken | des dicken | der dicken | |
dative | dem dicken | der dicken | dem dicken | den dicken | |
accusative | den dicken | die dicke | das dicke | die dicken | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dicker | eine dicke | ein dickes | (keine) dicken |
genitive | eines dicken | einer dicken | eines dicken | (keiner) dicken | |
dative | einem dicken | einer dicken | einem dicken | (keinen) dicken | |
accusative | einen dicken | eine dicke | ein dickes | (keine) dicken |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist dicker | sie ist dicker | es ist dicker | sie sind dicker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dickerer | dickere | dickeres | dickere |
genitive | dickeren | dickerer | dickeren | dickerer | |
dative | dickerem | dickerer | dickerem | dickeren | |
accusative | dickeren | dickere | dickeres | dickere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dickere | die dickere | das dickere | die dickeren |
genitive | des dickeren | der dickeren | des dickeren | der dickeren | |
dative | dem dickeren | der dickeren | dem dickeren | den dickeren | |
accusative | den dickeren | die dickere | das dickere | die dickeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dickerer | eine dickere | ein dickeres | (keine) dickeren |
genitive | eines dickeren | einer dickeren | eines dickeren | (keiner) dickeren | |
dative | einem dickeren | einer dickeren | einem dickeren | (keinen) dickeren | |
accusative | einen dickeren | eine dickere | ein dickeres | (keine) dickeren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am dicksten | sie ist am dicksten | es ist am dicksten | sie sind am dicksten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dickster | dickste | dickstes | dickste |
genitive | dicksten | dickster | dicksten | dickster | |
dative | dickstem | dickster | dickstem | dicksten | |
accusative | dicksten | dickste | dickstes | dickste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dickste | die dickste | das dickste | die dicksten |
genitive | des dicksten | der dicksten | des dicksten | der dicksten | |
dative | dem dicksten | der dicksten | dem dicksten | den dicksten | |
accusative | den dicksten | die dickste | das dickste | die dicksten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dickster | eine dickste | ein dickstes | (keine) dicksten |
genitive | eines dicksten | einer dicksten | eines dicksten | (keiner) dicksten | |
dative | einem dicksten | einer dicksten | einem dicksten | (keinen) dicksten | |
accusative | einen dicksten | eine dickste | ein dickstes | (keine) dicksten |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicki, dicchi, from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dick (comparative dicker, superlative dickest)
- thick
- Das Brett is zweu Zentimeter dick.
- The board is two meters thick.
- fat
- Sie is en dicke Fraa.
- She is a fat woman.
- pregnant
- Mein Schwesder is schun nommol dick.
- My sister is no longer pregnant.
Declension edit
Declension of dick (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | dick | dick | dick | dicke |
accusative | dicke | dick | dick | dicke | |
dative | dicke | dicke | dicke | dicke | |
Strong inflection | nominative | dicker | dicke | dickes | dicke |
accusative | dicke | dicke | dickes | dicke | |
dative | dickem | dicker | dickem | dicke |
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchi. Compare German dick, Dutch dik, English thick.
Adjective edit
dick