dict ports suggestion

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On Saturday 16 July 2005 11:30, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> > in the meantime how can i alias dict * to dict|more * (not using another
> > command as dict)?
>
> In csh, you can do this:
>
>   alias dict '\dict \!* | more'

i was told to try

dict() { dict "$@" | less; }

but when trying it it acted like a fork bomb. you can't stuff @'s in bash 
aliases, so i wonder how to translate that command line alias