Definition of "dicky" in Englisch

noun

1. (colloquial) A louse.

2. (Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.

3. A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.

4. (slang, dated) A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.

5. (dated) A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.

6. (dated) A seat in a carriage, for the driver.

7. (South Asia) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.

   • Can you open the dicky for me?

8. (India, colloquial) the buttocks.

9. (historical) A leather apron for a gig, etc.

10. A small bird; a dicky-bird.

11. (idiomatic, UK, in negative constructions) An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.

12. (UK, military slang) A pilot.

13. (UK, dialect) A hedge sparrow.

14. (UK, dialect) A donkey.

15. A haddock.

adjective

1. (colloquial) In bad condition; weak, faulty, unreliable, doubtful, troublesome.

   • He had a dicky heart.

noun

1. (vulgar, slang) A penis (dick).

adjective

1. (informal, vulgar) Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious.