swinging dick

English

Etymology

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Noun

swinging dick (plural swinging dicks)

1. (slang, vulgar) A man.
   • 2009, Dick by Avery Dick

     Why didn't you request a country clearance like every other swinging dick?”

   • 2009, Decisions by Leonard Osborns

     It's always the girl's fault isn't it? Well as I see it, there was a swinging dick involved in this picture

   • The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke

     I want every swinging dick out there on the firing line, in vests and with maximum ordnance

2. (slang, vulgar) A man who is sexually very active.
   • 2008, Craig Maddox, Robbie, page 248:

     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.

   • 2010, Joe R Lansdale, The Best of Joe R. Lansdale, page 26:

     A boozing, pill-popping, swinging dick until the end of time.

   • 2014, Alice Clayton, Rusty Nailed, page 154:

     Simon had obviously been a big swinging dick around here, and I wondered how many of them had taken a turn on that swing...

Usage notes

This is usually used in phrases like every swinging dick or biggest swinging dicks.

References

• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang‎^[1], 2005