Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The mound or bank of a ditch; a dike.
  • noun A leathern apron.
  • noun A bib.

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  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
  • proper noun A surname.

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  • noun obscene terms for penis
  • noun someone who is a detective

Etymologies

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Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.

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Examples

  • In the IC-to-OYL timeline department: this week's Nightwing Annual, besides having more dick jokes than that infamous Joker-boner story, implies that there's at least a month, and I'd guess significantly more, between the final fight in Infinite Crisis and the scene where Bruce, Dick and Tim head off on their ocean trip.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Douglas Wolk 2007

  • In the IC-to-OYL timeline department: this week's Nightwing Annual, besides having more dick jokes than that infamous Joker-boner story, implies that there's at least a month, and I'd guess significantly more, between the final fight in Infinite Crisis and the scene where Bruce, Dick and Tim head off on their ocean trip.

    Week 50: As Safe as Safe Can Be Douglas Wolk 2007

  • THE WORLD THAT DICK BUILT yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'THE WORLD THAT DICK BUILT'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: This is the guy who pulled the trigger of the gun that fired the round that hit his friend that ruined the hunt and shed some light on the world that Dick built ...'

    THE WORLD THAT DICK BUILT 2006

  • God knows the truth when you're insincere no sooner speak to a dick like Dick than corn listens with an ear

    Tellin' Lies 2006

  • LYNNE CHENEY, DICK CHENEY's WIFE: I've had a lot of mothers come up to me over the years, and take comfort from the fact that it, you know, Dick was -- how shall I say this?

    CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2005 2005

  • He could already hear what that dick Dick in New York would say about her.

    The Fourth Hand Irving, John, 1942- 2001

  • The new news editor was as much of a dick as Dick had ever been; anticlimactically, his name was Fred.

    The Fourth Hand Irving, John, 1942- 2001

  • I'd rather it be fat and bald than skinny, long and attracted to bouncers. johnlenin: my dick is andy rooney. spankerchief: My dick is an Andy Dick.

    LinkSwarm.com 2010

  • MORON in 1.1 micro sec. So they don, t have to think at all when responding to a DICK like Dick C comes about.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • … Doctor, about my dick, there's something on my dick, doctor … Bookmark this Liberals, because this is how DrDick goes down on me, in my dreams … dick doctored the documents that dicklined to show that vice president Dick was born to a doctor in kenya … you know, everyone who criticizes me must be DrDick … dick dick

    Sadly, No! 2008

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