A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
dickey
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dickey.
Editorial note
The Dickey amendment in 1996 made it extremely difficult to study gun violence at the federal level.
Quick take
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dickey gathered in one view.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
A small city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dickey.
noun
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
See also: impaired, dicky, dickie, shirtfront, dickie-seat
noun
A surname originating as a patronymic.
See also: impaired, dicky, dickie, shirtfront, dickie-seat
noun
A small city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
See also: impaired, dicky, dickie, shirtfront, dickie-seat
noun
Alternative form of dicky. [(colloquial) A louse.]
See also: impaired, dicky, dickie, shirtfront, dickie-seat
Example sentences
The Dickey amendment in 1996 made it extremely difficult to study gun violence at the federal level.
E.g., the way the US's Dickey Amendment defunded gun research to prevent any inconvenient facts from coming to light.
The Dickey Amendment prevented first the CDC and then the NIH from collecting gun violence statistics from 1996 until today.
Not sure about the rest of you, but I'm not clicking on a dickey.xxx link to read about anything.
While your Site is SFW I did have some apprehension about visiting dickey.xxx while at work.
Colin Dickey is the author of Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius, and Afterlives of the Saints: Stories from the Ends of Faith.
And that is a personal attack, which I'm sure Thomas Dickey would not appreciate being the target of, since this is M.
Getting a laptop with file systems that come and go, with a dickey clock tick and networking that comes and goes and VPNs and all the rest.
Also, the NRA has a long history of suppressing gun violence research in general (through their lobbying efforts of the CDC and NIH, the Dickey Amendment, etc.).
> In a 2012 op-ed, Dickey and Rosenberg argued that the CDC should be able to research gun violence.
Wait, isn't Roger Dickey an investor in Toptal?
With the Eris S, roger dickey, neil, kenneth, etc.
Quote examples
Dickey has said that he regrets his role in stopping the CDC from researching gun violence, saying he simply didn't want to "let any of those dollars go to gun control advocacy."
Proper noun examples
Forcing or strongly incentivizing them towards using Dickey’s own vendors who charge way more feels also very similar.
In this case, it's been thanklessly maintained since forever by Thomas Dickey.
God bless Thomas Dickey, who's been maintaining vttest this whole time!
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use dickey in a sentence?
The Dickey amendment in 1996 made it extremely difficult to study gun violence at the federal level.
What does dickey mean?
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
What part of speech is dickey?
dickey is commonly used as noun.