diff --git a/aliases b/aliases
index 92d2e4c5..e10aa401 100644
--- a/aliases
+++ b/aliases
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ alias lshw="doas lshw -short | less" # list hardware
 alias {hw,hwinfo}="hwinfo | less" # extensive info on hardware devices
 alias dmid="doas dmidecode | less"
 alias of="onefetch -o yaml | yq -C"
-alias dict="$HOME/scripts/dict"
 alias mkdir='mkdir -pv'
+alias dict='def'
 alias {ex,esc}="exit"
 alias {his,hist}="history"
 alias mnt="doas mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/media/usb-drive"
diff --git a/scripts/def b/scripts/def
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..79d48f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/def
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+
+main() {
+
+ if ! command -v bat &> /dev/null ; then
+     /usr/bin/dict "${1}" | less
+ else
+     /usr/bin/dict "${1}" | bat
+fi
+
+}
+
+main "$@"