noun.
Used by Iggy Pop in an old CBC interview with Peter Gzowski to mean "a stiff" or "one who is uptight." Used in the below quoted lyrics to mean nothing in particular.
"can you remember a time when this city was
a great place for architects and dilatants"
-Death From above 1979's "Black History Month"

Why do you have to be such a dilatant? Studying is for twats.
by Max(well) January 17, 2006
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An otherwise boring word used artistically by Iggy Pop to reference people who make a bigger deal out of something than it really is, in order to demonize it.

"Punk rock is a word used by dilatants and heartless manipulators..."
by Twigonometry April 07, 2008
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What happens to your pupils when you use ecstacy.
"Man, are my pupils dialted?"
by Diego August 16, 2003
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The expanding of the vagina or anus by means of inserting plugs that are gradually larger, or by inserting a plug that can be expanded by a ratchet or a pump.
While inflating that butt plug for dilation the sub came instantly.
by DOMRichard February 08, 2015
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The time at which you're waiting to use the bathroom to go poop and someone is currently using the toilet.
Hey, can you hurry up in there?! I am dilating big time!
by thee_agrizzle August 27, 2012
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an enlargement or expansion in bulk or extent, the opposite of contraction. It derives from the Latin dilatare, "to spread wide".
"Shit dude, your eyes are dilated, it must be from all of that cocaine"
"That can cause blurred vision, I better not drive."
by Gracker February 01, 2010
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