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dick·y ¹  (dk)

n.

Variant of dickey.

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dick·y ²  (dk)

adj. Informal

Impaired; faulty; weak: "'I've got this dicky heart,' he'd say to the fool" (John le Carré).

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[Origin unknown.]

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dicky¹, dickey [ˈdɪkɪ]

n pl dickies, dickeys

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's false blouse front, worn to fill in the neck of a jacket or low-cut dress

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a man's false shirt front, esp one worn with full evening dress

3. (Clothing & Fashion) Also called dicky bow Brit a bow tie

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Chiefly Brit an informal name for donkey esp a male one

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called 'dicky"bird 'dickey"bird a child's word for a bird esp a small one

6. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars US and Canadian name rumble seat

[C18 (in the senses: donkey, shirt front): from Dickey, diminutive of Dick (name); the relationship of the various senses is obscure]

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dicky², dickey [ˈdɪkɪ]

adj dickier, dickiest

Brit informal in bad condition; shaky, unsteady, or unreliable I feel a bit dicky today

[perhaps from the name Dick in the phrase as queer as Dick's hatband feeling ill]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dicky - a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater dickey, dickey-seat, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky-seat backseat - a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile) Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	dicky - a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt dickey, dickie, shirtfront insert, inset - an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted shirt - a garment worn on the upper half of the body
Adj.	1.	dicky - (British informal) faulty; "I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre dickey colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom impaired - diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight"

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dicky

adjective (Brit. informal) weak, poorly, dodgy, queer (informal), shaky, unreliable, sickly, unsteady, unsound, iffy (informal), fluttery He always has a dicky stomach after eating curry.

Translations

dicky [ˈdɪkɪ] ADJ (dickier (compar) (dickiest (superl)))

1. = dickey

2. to have a dicky heart (Brit) → tener el corazón fastidiado

dicky

adj (inf) heart → angeknackst (inf); I feel a bit dicky (dated) → ich bin ziemlich ab (inf) → or erschossen (inf)

n = dickey

dicky [ˈdɪkɪ]

1. n (of shirt) → pettino

2. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) (heart) → malandato/a

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dicky [ˈdɪkɪ]

1. n (of shirt) → pettino

2. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) (heart) → malandato/a