dick move
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]dick move (plural dick moves)
- (US, vulgar) An unkind trick, or one perceived as unfair due to an opponent's inability to resist or evade it.
- 2010, Emily Giffin, Something Blue, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
- I snapped back. He turned the volume down one notch, crossed his arms, and looked at me. “Darce. I thoroughly…enjoyed last night…. But it was a dick move. And I regret it….
- 2012, Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:
- That was kind of a dick move on your part. If you need any more medicine, you know where I live.
- 2014, Anna Todd, After We Collided, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 493:
- I know he's only teasing, but it's still a dick move.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dick move”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “dick move”, in Collins English Dictionary.