dicky

/'diki/ Cách viết khác : (dicky) /'diki/
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dicky

The mechanic said the dicky engine wouldn't start.

Definition

  1. Adjective (British informal):

    • Faulty, not working properly, or weak: Used to describe something that is unreliable, broken, or in poor condition, often regarding health or mechanical function.

  2. Noun:

    • A false shirt front: A man's detachable, usually starched, insert worn to simulate the front of a shirt, often under a waistcoat or jacket.
    • A small auxiliary seat: A small third seat, often folding or cramped, in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater vehicle, such as a carriage or early automobile.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • The car's brakes have been a bit dicky lately.
    • He's been off work with a dicky stomach.

  • Noun (Shirt Front):

    • The formal suit required a starched dicky.
    • He wore a dicky under his waistcoat to save on laundry.

  • Noun (Seat):

    • The children had to squeeze into the dicky at the back of the vintage car.
Advanced Usage
  • "Dicky heart" / "Dicky ticker" (idiomatic, informal): Refers to a weak or unreliable heart.
    • After the scare, the doctor warned him about his dicky ticker.
Variants and Related Words
  • Dickey (noun): An alternative spelling for the noun forms (shirt front, seat).
  • Dickey bird (noun, chiefly British, informal or childish): A small bird. Often used in phrases like "not a dicky bird" meaning "not a word" or "no sound at all."
    • I haven't heard a dicky bird from him since he left.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Faulty, unreliable, unsound, dodgy (informal), wonky (informal).
  • Noun (Shirt Front): False front, bosom (archaic).
  • Noun (Seat): Rumble seat (US), jump seat.
Related Phrases
  • Not say/hear a dicky bird (idiom, British informal): To say/hear nothing at all.
    • He promised to call, but I haven't heard a dicky bird.
Notes on Usage
  • The adjective form is primarily British and Australian informal.
  • The noun sense of a shirt front is now largely historical or related to period costume.
  • The noun sense of a seat is also historical, associated with early 20th-century vehicles.
dicky

The mechanic said the dicky engine wouldn't start.

Adjective
  1. (British informal) faulty
    • I've got this dicky heart- John le Carre
Noun
  1. a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
  2. a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater

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