dicky in English dictionary

  • dicky

    Meanings and definitions of "dicky"

    • Alternative spelling of dickey.
    • (colloquial) A louse
    • (Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
    • (colloquial) doubtful, troublesome
    • (vulgar) like a dick; foolish
    • adjective
      (colloquial)
      doubtful, troublesome; in poor condition
    • adjective
      (informal, vulgar)
      like a dick, foolish or obnoxious
    • noun
      (colloquial)
      A louse.
    • noun
      (Cockney rhyming slang)
      Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
    • noun
      A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
    • noun
      (slang, dated)
      A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
    • noun
      (dated)
      A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.
    • noun
      (dated)
      A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
    • noun
      (India)
      The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
    • noun
      A small bird; a dicky-bird.
    • noun
      (idiomatic, Britain, in negative constructions)
      An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
    • noun
      (Britain, military slang)
      A pilot.
    • noun
      (Britain, dialect)
      A hedge sparrow.
    • noun
      (Britain, dialect)
      A donkey.
    • noun
      A haddock.
    • adjective
      (British informal) faulty; "I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre
    • noun
      a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
    • noun
      a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater

    Synonyms of "dicky" in English dictionary

    dickie-seat, inset, dickey-seat are the top synonyms of "dicky" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of dicky

    • dicky ( comparative dickier, superlative dickiest)
    • dicky ( plural  dickies)
    • dicky (comparative dickier, superlative dickiest)
    • dicky (plural dickies)
  • Dicky

    Meanings and definitions of "dicky"

    • A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
    • proper
      A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

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