dickhead
/ˈdɪkˌ(h)ɛd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.25 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "...down, down, sinking down faster than she's so far moved, the dick head exploding up into all that wet, warm slime..."
- "I don't want them Special Forces guys left out there when some dickhead is afraid to go get them."
- "...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth."
- "She was on your mind with some dickhead guy That you saw that night"
- ""Watch it, dickhead!" "Hey, Stan, that's my shirt you just dropped in the snow!""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dickder. English dick substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English dickhead From dick + head. Attested since the 1960s, with the jerk sense appearing earliest. Compare cockhead, knobhead.