noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:dĭkər
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdɪkə(ɹ)/
General-American:dĭkər
General-American:/ˈdɪkɚ/
rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:D IH1 K ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A unit of measure, consisting of 10 of some object, particularly hides and skins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
1599, attributed to Thomas Heywood, Edward IV, Part One, Act III, Scene 1, https://books.google.ca/books?id=d_MuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Hobs [the Tanner of Tamsworth]. [...] My taking is more than my spending, for here's store left. I have spent but a groat; a penny for my two jades, a penny to the poor, a penny pot of ale, and a penny cake for my man and me, a dicker of cowhides cost me.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Examples
to make a dicker
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To barter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To fiddle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
negotiate the terms of an exchange
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bargain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: negociate, negotiate, talk terms
Narrower terms: haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster
History
Etymology
From Middle English diker (“measure of ten”), from Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from Latin decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).
