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Discover LudwigThe phrase "dick about" is not considered appropriate for formal written English
It is considered slang and may be seen as crude or offensive to some readers. You can use it in informal or casual conversation, with friends or in informal written communication such as text messages. Example: "We spent the whole afternoon just dicking about at the park, it was so much fun."
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dick about
verb
To waste time on an unproductive activity.
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The more they dick about, the more you want to see it being done properly, which, despite telly's ravenous hunger for definable, copyrightable formats, would actually make a more interesting show.
"I don't know, there's something of Moby Dick about it".
While he was boss he could afford to dick about.
I want to dick about with this man (Robert Lindsay) because that's a lot more fun.
"Days I think it would be really good to be a dick about a record!
"Give your respect, don't be a smug dick about it," Rockhold said.
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(b) Dicking about on the internet.
Genuine friends, so me dicking about isn't helpful.
And these aren't art school students dicking about, they were serious about being different".
@EverydaySexism i was riding my bike home + a guy said to his friends "she wants my dick -about me-so i rodick -aboutectured them for 10 min. @EverydaySexism man glarode at my backs.
She says she thinks that Moby Dick is about Big Heads - humans have them and so do whales.
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