dick

== English == === Alternative forms === dih (pronunciation spelling or Internet slang) === Pronunciation === enPR: dĭk, IPA(key): /dɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪk === Etymology 1 === Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean everyman, whence the word acquired its other meanings. ==== Noun ==== dick (countable and uncountable, plural dicks) (countable, obsolete) A male person. (countable and uncountable, informal, vulgar, slang) The penis. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:genitalia (countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk (uncountable, US, Canada, vulgar, slang, uncommon) Absolutely nothing. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nothing (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a man. Antonym: pussy 1991, quoted in Andrew Parker, Nationalisms & Sexualities, page 309: You better try and get some dick and take your mind off this bullshit. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Finnish: (colloquial, humorous) dikki ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== 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. To penetrate sexually with a penis. Synonyms: bone, schlong; see also Thesaurus:copulate with ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === A shortening and alteration of detective. ==== Noun ==== dick (plural dicks) (dated, US, slang) A detective. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === A shortening and alteration of declaration. ==== Noun ==== dick (plural dicks) (obsolete) A declaration. === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Cumbric *deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg. Cognate with Welsh deg. ==== Numeral ==== dick (Cumbria) Ten, in Cumbrian sheep counting. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== (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 ==== 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[5], Australian Council for Educational Research, →ISBN, retrieved 17 May 2008, page 75 Varvogli, Aliki (2002), Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide‎[6], Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, retrieved 17 May 2008, pages 24-25 === See also === spotted dick (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === CDKI, cdki == German == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /dɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪk === Adjective === dick (strong nominative masculine singular dicker, comparative dicker, superlative am dicksten) thick fat swollen ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== dünn ==== Derived terms ==== dicklich dickstielig dickfellig dickhäutig Dickmaulrüssler === Further reading === “dick”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[7] (in German) “dick” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “dick” in Duden online == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicki, dicchi, from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tik/ Rhymes: -ik === Adjective === dick (comparative dicker, superlative dickest) thick fat pregnant ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “dick”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 34 == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchi. Compare German dick, Dutch dik, English thick. === Adjective === dick thick close stout