dicky

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (colloquial) A louse.
2. (Cockney, slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
3. A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
4. (dated, slang) 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.
8. (historical) A leather apron for a gig, etc.
9. A small bird; a dicky-bird.
10. (UK, idiomatic) An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
11. (UK, slang) A pilot.
12. (UK, dialectal) A hedge sparrow.
13. (UK, dialectal) A donkey.
14. A haddock.

Adj

Doubtful, troublesome; in poor condition.

Adj

Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdɪki/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Dicky, pet form of Richard.
* In cover/apron senses: perhaps from English dialect dick (“leather apron”) + -y; perhaps from Dutch dek (“a cover”).

Sinònims

dickey

dickie

shirtfront

dicky-seat

dickey-seat

dickie-seat

shirt-front

poor

feeble

flagging

forceless

fragile

languid

light

little

little bird

plastron

powerless

slight

slim

small

soft

sorry

thin

tick

unnerved

weak

adynamic

rear seat

back seat

subjugable

subduable

he-ass

rumble seat

bad

👎

bib

birdie

debilitated

dull

enervated

faint

Traduccions

zwak

davantino

acciaccoso

défectueux

faux-col

spider

strapontin

zoziau

pettino

krachteloos

babero

camisolín

morbido

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