dick move

English

Noun

dick move (plural dick moves)

1. (US, vulgar) An unkind trick, or one perceived as unfair due to an opponent's inability to evade it.
   • 2010, Emily Giffin, Something Blue, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:

     I snapped back. He turned the volume down one notch, crossed his arms, and looked at me. “Darce. I thoroughly…enjoyed last night…. But it was a dick move. And I regret it….

   • 2012, Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     That was kind of a dick move on your part. If you need any more medicine, you know where I live.

   • 2014, Anna Todd, After We Collided, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 493:

     I know he's only teasing, but it's still a dick move.

See also

• low blow

Further reading

• “dick move”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “dick move”, in Collins English Dictionary.