dick

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To mistreat or take advantage of somebody (often with around or up).
  • To have sexual intercourse with.

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Origin

  • Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean "everyman", whence the word acquired its other meanings.
  • A shortening and alteration of de(t)ec(tive).
  • A shortening and alteration of dec(laration).
  • From a Cumbric numeral corresponding to Welsh deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg.

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