I. dick 1 /dɪk/ BrE AmE 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
II. dick 2 BrE AmE 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.