Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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dick

/dɪk/ noun, verb, numeral, proper noun

Forms dicks dicking dicked dih

  1. noun (countable, obsolete) A male person.
  2. noun (countable and uncountable, informal, vulgar, slang) The penis. “Don't pee over there! That woman could see your dick.”
  3. noun (countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk. “That dude is such a dick.”
  4. noun (uncountable, US, Canada, vulgar, slang, uncommon) Absolutely nothing. “Last weekend I did dick.”
  5. noun (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a man.
  6. verb To mistreat or take advantage of somebody. “dick around”
  7. verb To penetrate sexually with a penis.
  8. noun (dated, US, slang) A detective. “private dick, railroad dick”
  9. noun (obsolete) A declaration.
  10. numeral (Cumbria) Ten, in Cumbrian sheep counting.
  11. proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
  12. proper noun A surname transferred from the given name.

Synonyms

anaconda baloney pony bald-headed hermit banana bird birdie bobby boonga cack choad choda chode chopper cigar cock corey crank cucumber custard launcher D gumshoe hawkshaw prick shaft pecker peter tool putz

Antonyms

pussy

Etymology

Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean everyman, whence the word acquired its other meanings.

A shortening and alteration of detective.

A shortening and alteration of declaration.

Borrowed from Cumbric *deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg. Cognate with Welsh deg.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “dick”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details