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dick
1[ dik ]
noun
- Older Use. a detective.
- Vulgar. penis.
- Vulgar. a stupid, mean, or contemptible person, especially a man.
Dick
2[ dik ]
noun
- George Frederick, 1881–1967, U.S. internist.
- Philip K., 1928–82, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- a male given name, form of Richard.
dick
1/ dɪk /
noun
- a fellow or person
- clever dicka person who is obnoxiously opinionated or self-satisfied; know-all
- a slang word for penis
dick
2/ dɪk /
noun
- a slang word for detective
Dick
/ dĭk /
- American medical researcher who collaborated with his wife, Gladys Henry Dick (1881–1963), to isolate the bacterium that causes scarlet fever. They developed a serum for the disease in 1923.
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
Clearly, the advances were not reciprocated but Williams “continued to talk about sucking dick.”
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has had a relatively quiet couple of years since leaving the White House.
Those in the race—Senator Paul Simon, Rep. Dick Gephardt, Rev. Jesse Jackson—were far behind.
He echoed Dick Cheney about global warming and said, “We should be concentrating on ISIS.”
Dick Wadhams, a strategist for the South Dakota Republican Party, dismissed the impact of the attacks against Rounds.
Dick was at the wharf, one day last week, when one of the up river boats arrived.
Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
The Dick was apprized by us of the danger in time, and succeeded in clearing the land by tacking to the southward.
There's my Dick, an' he wor only ten year older, I'd gi him to yer, wi a right good wull—that a' wud.
At eight o'clock the next morning we got underweigh; but the Dick in weighing her anchor found both flukes broken off.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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