dicky

dick·y ¹  (dk)

n.

Variant of dickey.

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dicky ¹

Noun

pl dickies a false shirt front [from Dick, name]

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dicky ²

Adjective

[dickier, dickiest] Brit & NZ informal shaky or weak: a dicky heart [origin unknown]

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, queer (informal) shaky, unreliable, unsteady, unsound, fluttery