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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.

