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- Dictionarydicky/ˈdɪki/
noun
- 1. a false shirt front: informal "a white dicky with a black string bow tie"
- 2. a folding seat at the back of a vehicle: informal, dated "the Plymouth looks great with its wooden spoked wheels and it even has the original dicky seat"
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DICKY definition: 1. weak, especially in health, and likely to fail or suffer from problems: 2. weak, especially in…. Learn more.
DICKY meaning: 1. weak, especially in health, and likely to fail or suffer from problems: 2. weak, especially in…. Learn more.
1. a woman's false blouse front, worn to fill in the neck of a jacket or low-cut dress. 2. a man's false shirt front, esp one worn with full evening dress. 3. Also called: dicky bow British. a bow tie. 4. mainly British. an informal name for a donkey, esp a male one. 5. Also called: dickybird, dickeybird. a child's word for a bird, esp a small one.
noun. a woman's false blouse front, worn to fill in the neck of a jacket or low-cut dress. a man's false shirt front, esp one worn with full evening dress. Also calleddicky bow a bow tie. an informal name for a donkey, esp a male one. Also calleddickybirddickeybird a child's word for a bird, esp a small one.
dicky meaning, definition, what is dicky: weak, and likely to break or not work pr...: Learn more.
noun. a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater. synonyms: dickey, dickey-seat, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky-seat. see more. adjective. (British informal) faulty. “"I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre” synonyms: dickey. impaired. diminished in strength, quality, or utility. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Dicky."
Definition of dicky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. (Animals) chiefly Brit an informal name for a donkey, esp a male one. 5.
dick•ey1 (dik′ ē), n., pl. -eys. Clothing an article of clothing made to look like the front or collar of a shirt, blouse, vest, etc., worn as a separate piece under another garment, as a jacket or dress. Cf. vest (def. 2), vestee. Clothing a detachable linen shirt collar. Clothing a bib or pinafore worn by a child.
What does the noun dicky mean? There are 19 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dicky, seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. dicky has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
