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dick noun [ dɪk ]

• a man's penis.
• anything at all.
• "you don't know dick about this—you haven't a clue!"

dick verb

• waste time; mess around.
• (of a man) have sex with.
Origin: mid 16th century (in the general sense ‘fellow’): pet form of the given name Richard . Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 18th century.

dick noun

• a detective.
Origin: early 20th century: perhaps an arbitrary shortening of detective, or from obsolete slang dick ‘look’, from Romani.


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