1. [N. Amer, informal] Someone who is a detective
   "The dick discreetly tailed the suspect through the crowded streets";
   - gumshoe [N. Amer, informal], hawkshaw [informal]
    
2. [vulgar, informal] Obscene term for penis
   "The comedian's joke about his dick made the audience laugh uncomfortably";
    
3. [vulgar] Insulting term of address for people who are stupid, irritating or ridiculous
   "Don't be such a dick and apologize for your mistake";

1. Waste time
   "Stop dicking and get back to work";
   - fart around [informal], fart about [informal], putz about [N. Amer, informal], putz around [N. Amer, informal], dick around [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: dicks, dicked, dicking

Type of: detective, disagreeable person, investigator, member, penis, phallus, police detective, tec, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Dick, Leonard