dickhead
nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈdɪkˌ(h)ɛd//
The glans penis.
noun
- 1
slangThe glans penis.
...down, down, sinking down faster than she's so far moved, the dick head exploding up into all that wet, warm slime...
- 2
slangA jerk; a mean or rude person.
I don't want them Special Forces guys left out there when some dickhead is afraid to go get them.
...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.
She was on your mind with some dickhead guy That you saw that night
- 3
slangA stupid or useless person.
"Watch it, dickhead!" "Hey, Stan, that's my shirt you just dropped in the snow!"
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 substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English dickhead From dick + head. Attested since the 1960s, with the jerk sense appearing earliest. Compare cockhead, knobhead.
Forms
- plural
- dickheads