English abbreviation dictionary - dick
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~ n 1 slang a penis 2 slang a stupid annoying person, especially a man (He's acting like a complete dick.) 3 AmE old-fashioned a private detective (- see also clever dick clever (6), spotted dick) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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biographical name George Frederick 1881-1967 & Gladys Henry 1881-1963 American physicians DICK noun Etymology: Dick, nickname for Richard Date: 1553 1. chiefly British fellow, chap 2. usually vulgar penis 3. by shortening & alteration detective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 Brit. colloq. (in certain set phrases) fellow; person (clever dick). 2 coarse sl. the penis. Usage In sense 2 usually considered a taboo word. Etymology: pet form of the name Richard 2. n. sl. a detective. Etymology: perh. abbr. 3. n. Phrases and idioms take one's dick (often foll. by that + clause) sl. swear, affirm. Etymology: abbr. of declaration ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. (d.) разг. парень, малый 2. (d.) разг. хлыст 3. (d.) ам. сл. сыщик, детектив I won't have a Dick tailing me! —- я не позволю какому-то гнусному детективу ходить за мной по пятам! 4. (d.) вульг. (мужской) член 5. (сокр. от ) сл. клятва, божба to take one's Dick (that...) —- клясться (божиться), (что)... to take one's Dick to smth. —- поклясться (побожиться) в чем-л. Dick 1. (сокр. от Richard ) Дик см. также ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(личн. имена) - уменьш. от Richard; Дик DICK noun sl. половой член DICK noun; dim. of Richard Дик ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1553, rhyming nickname for "Richard," one of the commonest Eng. names, it has long been a synonym for "fellow," and so most of the slang senses are probably very old, but naturally hard to find in the surviving records. The meaning "penis" is attested from 1880s in British army slang. The Dick Whittington story is an old one, told under other names throughout Europe, of a poor boy who sends a cat he had bought for a penny as his stake in a trading voyage; the captain sells it on his behalf for a fortune to a foreign king whose palace is overrun by rats. The hero devotes part of his windfall to charity, which may be why the legend attached in England since 16c. to Sir Richard Whittington (d.1423), three times Lord Mayor of London, who died childless and devoted large sums in his will to churches, almshouses, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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