dick
[noun]
Synonyms: detective, eye, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, plainclothesman, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, sleuth, tec

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Dick, Philip K.
(1928–1982) an American science fiction writer whose books include The Man in the High Castle, VALIS, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Several films have been based on Dick’s books, including Blade Runner and Total Recall. He is often known by his initials PKD.

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I. dick¹ /dɪk/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1,2: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: From the male name Dick]
[Sense 3: Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Perhaps from detective]

1. informal not polite a penis

2. spoken not polite an offensive word for a stupid annoying person, especially a man:
He’s acting like a complete dick.

3. American English old-fashioned a private detective
⇒ clever dick at clever(6), ⇒ spotted dick

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II. dick² verb
dick somebody around phrasal verb American English spoken not polite
to cause a lot of problems for someone, especially by changing your mind a lot or preventing them from getting what they want:
The phone company’s been dicking me around for three months.

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Dick
See: TOM, DICK AND HARRY.

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