dickens
/ˈdɪkɪnz/
dickens noun: the devil.
Noun
dickens
- The devil.
- She can go to the dickens for what she said.
- You scared the dickens out of me.
- A disturbance or row.
- Hugh considered saying, Then I guess I'll just have to kick you a few times instead, you frog son of a bitch. Then he thought of that fat bastard Keeton, handing him a pink slip for kicking up dickens in the local tavern.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- And lastly, thanks to my children, Dutch and Tallulah, for allowing me to see the magic of everything I love about popular culture anew through their eyes. This one is for you two dickens!2013, Robert C. Sickels, “Acknowledgments”, in 100 Entertainers Who Changed America: An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Luminaries, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, LLC, →ISBN
- Used as an intensifier in the phrase the dickens; see that entry.
- Why the dickens did he do that?
- We had the dickens of a row.
Proper noun capitalized: Dickens
Dickens
- A surname originating as a patronymic, notably borne by Charles Dickens, English novelist.
- A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.
dickens meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dickens in Hindi
- डिकेंस, डिकन्स, डिकेन्स
dickens in Tamil
- டிக்கன்ஸ்
dickens in Marathi
- डिकन्स, डिकेन्स
dickens in Urdu
- ڈکنز, ڈکنس
More languagesFewer languages
- dickens in Bengali
- ডিকেন্স, ডিকেনস
- dickens in Telugu
- డికన్స్, డికెన్స్
- dickens in Malayalam
- ഡിക്കൻസ്, ഡികൻസ്
- dickens in Kannada
- ಡಿಕನ್ಸ್, ಡಿಕೆನ್ಸ್
- dickens in Punjabi
- ਡਿਕਨਜ਼, ਡਿਕੈਨਸ
- dickens in Gujarati
- ડિકન્સ, ડિકેન્સ
- dickens in Odia
- ଡିକେନ୍ସ, ଡିକନ୍ସ, ଡିକେନ୍ସ୍
- dickens in Nepali
- डिकन्स, डिकेन्स
Synonyms of dickens
Origin of dickens
Origin: 1590–1600; apparently a fanciful use of the proper name Dicken, diminutive form of Dick.
From Dicken, a medieval diminutive form of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.
Words formed from dickens
Phrases with dickens
Words that rhyme with dickens
Questions about dickens
- What does dickens mean?
- Dickens means the devil.
- What is dickens in Hindi?
- Dickens in Hindi is डिकेंस, डिकन्स, डिकेन्स. See Dickens meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dickens?
- Dickens can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dickens?
- Dickens is pronounced /ˈdɪkɪnz/.
Words near dickens in the dictionary
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