[dɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a man's penis

- anything at all
(e.g: you don't know dick about this—you haven't a clue!)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the general sense ‘fellow’): pet form of the given name Richard. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 18th century

[dɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- waste time or mess around
(e.g: he started dicking around with the controls)

- (of a man) have sex with


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the general sense ‘fellow’): pet form of the given name Richard. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 18th century

[dɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a detective
(e.g: the local dicks were convinced they'd nabbed a killer)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century: perhaps an arbitrary shortening of detective, or from obsolete slang dick ‘look’, from Romani