"dick around" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "dicks around",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dicking around",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dicked around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dicked around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: jerk around"
        },
        {
          "text": "Will you guys quit dicking around and get to work?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard (satire), Onion News Network:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waste time on an unproductive activity."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "waste time",
          "waste time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, vulgar, informal, Canada, US) To waste time on an unproductive activity."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "word": "with one's dick in one's hand"
        }
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:waste time"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dick about"
        },
        {
          "word": "idle#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "lollygag"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess about"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess around"
        },
        {
          "word": "pull one's pud"
        },
        {
          "word": "waste time"
        },
        {
          "word": "loiter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: slap around"
        },
        {
          "text": "Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Is it really as complex as they claim or are they just dicking us around?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Allison Rushby, Hating Valentine's Day, page 148:",
          "text": "[…] I put myself on the line for you. I told you I wasn't sure if I was ready for a relationship again and you blew it. You blew it! You call this a fresh start? This doesn't look like a fresh start to me. You're dicking me around just like the rest of them, Drew.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mistreat (someone); to take advantage of; to swindle; to blow off."
      ],
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          "mistreat",
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        [
          "take advantage",
          "take advantage"
        ],
        [
          "swindle",
          "swindle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang, vulgar) To mistreat (someone); to take advantage of; to swindle; to blow off."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:mistreat, take advantage of, or swindle (someone)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jerk around"
        },
        {
          "word": "screw over"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "dick around"
}

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    "Pages with entries"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dicks around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dicking around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dicked around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dicked around",
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        "past"
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "with one's dick in one's hand"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: jerk around"
        },
        {
          "text": "Will you guys quit dicking around and get to work?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard (satire), Onion News Network:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waste time on an unproductive activity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "waste time",
          "waste time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, vulgar, informal, Canada, US) To waste time on an unproductive activity."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:waste time"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dick about"
        },
        {
          "word": "idle#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "lollygag"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess about"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess around"
        },
        {
          "word": "pull one's pud"
        },
        {
          "word": "waste time"
        },
        {
          "word": "loiter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "US",
        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "vulgar"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: slap around"
        },
        {
          "text": "Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Is it really as complex as they claim or are they just dicking us around?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Allison Rushby, Hating Valentine's Day, page 148:",
          "text": "[…] I put myself on the line for you. I told you I wasn't sure if I was ready for a relationship again and you blew it. You blew it! You call this a fresh start? This doesn't look like a fresh start to me. You're dicking me around just like the rest of them, Drew.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mistreat (someone); to take advantage of; to swindle; to blow off."
      ],
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        [
          "mistreat",
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        ],
        [
          "take advantage",
          "take advantage"
        ],
        [
          "swindle",
          "swindle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang, vulgar) To mistreat (someone); to take advantage of; to swindle; to blow off."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:mistreat, take advantage of, or swindle (someone)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jerk around"
        },
        {
          "word": "screw over"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dick around"
}