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dick

nounverbnounnounnumeralcommon in dialogue

  • //dɪk//

The penis.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteA male person.

  2. 2

    informalThe penis.

    Don't pee over there! That woman could see your dick.

    Were you feeling lonely in bed? My dick feels ready to go!

    THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR: "Please stop sucking my dick or I'll call the police."

    If you simply stop letting your dick do the talking and listen to what others want, you can avoid a lot of difficult situations.

  3. 3

    slangA contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk.

    That dude is such a dick.

    Liam has more beefs than an episode of The Bear—with Damon “that dick out of blur” Albarn, the Spice Girls’ (Mel C (who offered to fight Liam at the Brits), and, in a seemingly neverending feud, with Robbie “fat fucking idiot” Williams.

  4. 4

    slangAbsolutely nothing.

    Last weekend I did dick.

    Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely… dick.

  5. 5

    slangSexual intercourse with a man.

    You better try and get some dick and take your mind off this bullshit.

    Much like quicksand, dicksand is what girls get caught in when they're obsessed with their crush, boyfriend, husband, or anyone giving them dick.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dickder. English dick Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean everyman, whence the word acquired its other meanings.

verb

  1. 1

    slangTo mistreat or take advantage of somebody.

    dick around

    dick up

    Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!

  2. 2

    slangTo penetrate sexually with a penis.

    Homeboy, throw in the towel / Your girl got dicked by Ricky Powell

    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.

noun

  1. 1

    datedA detective.

    private dick, railroad dick

    “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?”

Etymology

A shortening and alteration of detective.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteA declaration.

    "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

A shortening and alteration of declaration.

numeral

  1. 1

    slangTen, in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Etymology

Borrowed from Cumbric *deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg. Cognate with Welsh deg.

Forms

plural
dicks
past tense
dicked
past participle
dicked
present participle
dicking
third person singular
dicks
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).