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Noun

1. A man's penis.
2. A stupid or contemptible man.
3. Anything at all.

you don't know dick about this—you haven't a clue!

Verb

1. Waste time; mess around.
2. (of a man) have sex with.

Origin

1. 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.

Noun

1. A detective.

The image of a private dick gazing out his office window, a Lucky in one and a stiff drink in the other, is nearly a cliche.

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Origin

1. Early 20th century perhaps an arbitrary shortening of detective, or from obsolete slang dick ‘look’, from Romani.

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