# dick
## English

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### Pronunciation

* enPR: dĭk, IPA: /dɪk/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* 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, slang) A detective, especially one working for the police; a police officer.
* (countable and uncountable, vulgar, slang) The penis.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
** 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 83:THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR: "Please stop sucking my dick or I'll call the police."
* (countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A highly contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk
    That dude is such a dick.
    She's being such a dick about all this.
* (uncountable, US, Canada, vulgar, slang, uncommon) Absolutely nothing.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nothing
    Last weekend I did dick.
** 1997, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, spoken by Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones):Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely… dick.
* (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.
** 2020, Keltie Knight, Becca Tobin, Jac Vanek, Act Like a Lady […] , Rodale Books, →ISBN, page 284:Much like quicksand, dicksand is what girls get caught in when they're obsessed with their crush, boyfriend, husband, or anyone giving them dick.

##### Hypernyms

* genitals

##### Derived terms

* anteater-dick
* anteater dick
* baby dick
* bag of dicks
* bald dick
* bee's dick
* be on someone's dick
* big dick energy
* boydick
* catch a dick
* cheesedick
* chick with a dick
* cinder dick
* coke dick
* contradick
* coon dick
* coon-dick
* crystal dick
* deca dick
* dickache
* dick all
* dick appointment
* dickass
* dickbag
* dickbait
* dickbiscuit
* dickbrain
* dick-brain
* dickbreath
* dickbutt
* dick-cheese
* dickcheese
* dick cheese
* dicked
* dickery
* dickey
* dickface
* dickfer
* dickfest
* dickflesh
* dickfuck
* dickfucker
* dickgirl
* dickhead
* dick-head
* dickheaded
* dick-headedly
* dickhole
* dicking
* dickish
* dickitude
* dick juice
* dickless
* dicklet
* dicklick
* dicklicker
* dicklike
* dickling
* dick lit
* dickly
* dickmatize
* dickmatized
* dick-measuring contest
* dick milk
* dick move
* dick munch
* dickmunch
* dick muncher
* dickmuncher
* Dickney
* dicknose
* dicknut
* dickologist
* dickology
* dick pic
* dickpic
* dick print
* dick-print
* dickride
* dickrider
* dick root
* dicksack
* dickshit
* dicksicle
* dickskin
* dickslap
* dicksmith
* dick smoker
* dicksneeze
* dick snot
* dicksplash
* dicksplat
* dickstain
* dickster
* dickstring
* dicksuck
* dicksucker
* dicksucking
* dicktard
* dicktionary
* dick togs
* dickture
* dick up
* dickwad
* dick-waving
* dick-waving contest
* dickweasel
* dickweed
* dick weed
* dickwhacker
* dickwipe
* dickwit
* dicky
* donkeydick
* donkey dick
* dope dick
* double-dick
* eat a bag of dicks
* eat a dick
* get one's dick wet
* girldick
* groaty dick
* horse dick
* horsedick
* house dick
* let crazy stick its dick in you
* limp dick
* limpdick
* limp-dick
* lumpy dick
* megadick
* microdick
* needle dick
* niggerdick
* noodle dick
* pencil dick
* pimple dick
* pimple-dick
* pindick
* private dick
* shitdick
* slippery dick
* small dick energy
* spotted dick
* stick one's dick in crazy
* suck dick
* suck donkey dick
* suck my dick
* superdick
* swinging dick
* swing one's dick around
* t-dick
* whiskey dick
* with one's dick in one's hand

##### Descendants

* → Finnish: dikki (colloquial, humorous)

##### 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 (often with around or up).
    Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!
* (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a man) To penetrate sexually.
** 1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys:Homeboy, throw in the towel / Your girl got dicked by Ricky Powell
** 1996, Clarence Major, Dirty bird blues: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.

##### Synonyms

* (have sexual intercourse with): bone, go to bed with, schlong; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

##### Derived terms

* dick about
* dick around
* dick down
* dick off
* dick out
* dick up

### Etymology 2

A shortening and alteration of de(t)ec(tive).

#### Noun

dick (plural dicks)
* (dated, US, slang) A detective.
    private dick, railroad dick
** 1937 November 1, Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile:“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?”

##### Derived terms

* private dick
* clever dick

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

A shortening and alteration of dec(laration).

#### Noun

dick (plural dicks)
* (obsolete) A declaration.
** 1875, Mrs. George Croft Huddleston, Bluebell:"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 4

From a Cumbric numeral corresponding to Welsh deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg.

#### Numeral

dick
* (Cumbria) Ten, in Cumbrian sheep counting.

##### Derived terms

* methera-a-dick
* tethera-a-dick
* tyan-a-dick
* yan-a-dick

##### 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, Australian Council for Educational Research, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, page 75
* Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide‎, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, pages 24-25

### 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: /dɪk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪk

### Adjective

dick (strong nominative masculine singular dicker, comparative dicker, superlative am dicksten)
* thick
* fat

#### Antonyms

* dünn

#### Derived terms

* dicklich
* dickstielig
* dickfellig
* dickhäutig

### Further reading

* “dick” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “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: /tik/
* Rhymes: -ik

### Adjective

dick (comparative dicker, superlative dickest)
* thick
    Das Brett is zweu Zentimeter dick.The board is two meters thick.
* fat
    Sie is en dicke Fraa.She is a fat woman.
* pregnant
    Mein Schwesder is schun nommol dick.My sister is no longer pregnant.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “dick”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, 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