swinging dick

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A man, especially one who exhibits bravado or machismo.

   • "Simple. They're all scared shitless of Polack and Artie, so they hate their guts. They know Polack is running the joint, and there ain't a swingin' dick can do a motherin' thing about it."
   • If he could make millions of dollars come out of those phones, he became that most revered of all species: a Big Swinging Dick.
   • Nate took over from the watch commander and addressed all the uniformed patrol personnel in the room. "I want every swinging dick out there on the firing line, in vests and with maximum ordnance," he said.
2. 2

   A man who is sexually very active.

   • I explained to her in my best stage whisper that I had been seriously wounded in the war, and I was now more a Hemmingwayesque embittered celibate than a swinging dick.
   • A boozing, pill-popping, swinging dick until the end of time.
   • Simon had obviously been a big swinging dick around here, and I wondered how many of them had taken a turn on that swing...
3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swinging, dick.

   • Entertained and amused, they giggle at his swinging dick till the guardy remembers his calling and wrestles the mad man from the building

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