Dial

A common misspelling of the word dick while texting.

Matt: Hey fucktard! i told u i didnt need ur opinion!

Tim: Matt why r u being such a dial?

by Ready-Liver May 12, 2009

dial

The condition of a loading and unloading area of a ski lift.

Dial your ramp before you bounce.

by Brian Hanna December 28, 2005

dial

dial is an acronym for the tropics and is laid backwards

diagonal
instinctive
alignment
label

We are go to a dial this winter.

by goatbull March 25, 2013

Dial

Slang-style definition
Dial / Dial in:
When you shut everything else out and put 100% of your focus into what you’re doing.

“I can’t talk right now, I’m dialed in on this assignment.”

“Once the game started, he dialed in and didn’t miss a shot.”

“If you want to win, you gotta dial in.”
“She dialed in for finals week and disappeared.”

“Dial in — this part matters.”

by DaSickest2(Eva)DoIt January 2, 2026

dial it back

It means to reduce the strength or intensity of something.

eg It was very hot in my home, so I dialled back the heating system.

eg Tom is very angry, and his friend says 'Hey, Tom, dial it back a bit'.

by mario66chef December 7, 2013

Dial a retard

The activity reluctantly carried out when the technology has gone wrong and you need to call the help desk. A long and frustrating call follows before you are either told to do something totally irrelevant or are given an incident number with more digits than atoms in the known universe - or both.

Joe: Hey, that server's down again.
Bill: Yeah, I guess its dial a retard time.
Joe: Oh no, not those fuckers.

by monkeybar July 6, 2011

dial 8

Another form of the term Dilate.

This is often used to disguise the word in a place where you would be banned for it or simply to be used in a way that goes over most heads.

(under a transgender individual's post)

"lol, dial 8"

by CirclejerkMaster69 March 2, 2022