Definition of Dicky

1. Noun. A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.


2. Adjective. (British informal) faulty. "I've got this dicky heart"
Exact synonyms: Dickey
Language type: Colloquialism
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Similar to: Impaired
Derivative terms: Dickey

3. Noun. A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt.
Exact synonyms: Dickey, Dickie, Shirtfront
Generic synonyms: Insert, Inset
Group relationships: Shirt
Derivative terms: Dickey

Definition of Dicky

1. Proper noun. A diminutive of the male given name Richard. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of dickey) ¹

3. Noun. (colloquial) A louse ¹

4. Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) '''''Dicky''' dirt'' = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar. ¹

5. Adjective. (alternative spelling of dickey) ¹

6. Adjective. (colloquial) doubtful, troublesome ¹

7. Adjective. (vulgar) like a dick; foolish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dicky

1. poor in condition [adj DICKIER, DICKIEST] / dickey [n DICKIES] - See also: dickey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicky

diclazuril
diclinic
diclinies
diclinism
diclinisms
dicliny
diclofenac

Literary usage of Dicky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Knitting-work: A Web of Many Textures by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1859)
"VERY much of human happiness depends upon the dicky, — more, perhaps, than we are aware of, or are willing to admit. Harmony is made to respond with the ..."

2. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1846)
"ON New-Year's Day, as I heard say, dicky he saddled his dapple gray; He put on his Sunday clothes, His scarlet vest, and his new made hose. ..."

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