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dicky

/ˈdɪki/
noun
  1. A false shirt front worn under a jacket or sweater, often by men, to give the appearance of a full shirt.
    • She bought a dicky for her son's school play so he wouldn't have to wear a whole shirt.
    • The actor's costume included a dicky instead of a full dress shirt.
    • He wore a dicky under his suit jacket to look more formal.
  2. A small, weak, or shaky thing, especially a part of a machine or a person's health.
    • After the long hike, my knee felt a little dicky.
    • The old car's engine has a bit of a dicky starter.
    • The radio has a dicky volume knob that keeps crackling.
Synonyms
shirtfront
adjective
  1. Weak, unsteady, or likely to fail; not working properly.
    • I don't trust that dicky ladder; it wobbles too much.
    • His memory is getting a bit dicky in his old age.
    • The elevator has been dicky lately, so we take the stairs.
Synonyms
shakyweak
Antonyms
reliablestrong
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