dick around

verb

Definitions

  1. To waste time on an unproductive activity.

    • Near-synonym: jerk around
    • Will you guys quit dicking around and get to work?
    • It remains to be seen if the Wheel will catch on in the business world, where people use computers for actual work and not just dicking around.
  2. To mistreat (someone)

    To mistreat (someone); to take advantage of; to swindle; to blow off.

    • Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!
    • Is it really as complex as they claim or are they just dicking us around?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dick around. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA