dicklick
See also: dick-lick
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Back-formation from dicklicker (noun). By surface analysis, dick + lick. First attested in 1988 (sense 2).
Pronunciation
- enPR: dĭk′lĭk′
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈdɪkˌlɪk/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈdəkˌlək/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈɖɪkˌlɪk/
- Hyphenation: dick‧lick
Noun
dicklick (countable and uncountable, plural dicklicks)(vulgar, slang, US)
- (derogatory; countable) A fool, an idiot; an unpleasant person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
- 1989, Tobias Wolff, “Citizenship in the School”, in This Boy's Life: A Memoir[1] (non-fiction), quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: Grove Press, published 2000, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 189, lines 18–20:
- i was lying on my back with Huff kneeling on me, slapping my cheeks. He said, “Speak to me, dicklick,” and I said, “Hi, Huff.”
- 1990, Seth Morgan, “Chinese Rithmetic”, in Homeboy, 1st edition (fiction), quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: Random House, published 1990, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 24, lines 25–27:
- 1998, Joe R. Lansdale, chapter 13, in Rumble Tumble[2], 1st edition (fiction), quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: The Mysterious Press, published 1998, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 102, lines 32–33:
- She whapped him a good one on the top of the head with the pistol. “Do what he says, dick-lick!”
- (gay slang; usually uncountable) Fellatio; the oral stimulation of the penis.
- Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:oral sex
References
- “dicklick n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present, retrieved 17 July 2025
Further reading
- “dicklick”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.