it means messing around, screwing around, jacking around, or just wasting time doing pointless things in some other way. cowboy...

Hi Bem, this slang term has 2 meanings. It is considered offensive, so I suggest that you don't use it in a formal setting. One meaning is to spend time idly or fool around. The second meaning is to be sexually promiscuous.

Jura: Please do not answer questions when you have no idea what you are talking about. Dicking around is by no means offensive unless you are an idiot. It comes from the 19th-century term "dicker around." "Dicker" which is to "Engage in petty argument or bargaining" and "Treat something casually or irresponsibly; toy with something".