rick
noun
Also a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
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Chiefly Midland U.S. Also a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
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a stack of cordwood or logs cut to even lengths.
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a frame of horizontal bars and vertical supports, as used to hold barrels in a distillery, boxes in a warehouse, etc.
verb (used with object)
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to form grain into a stack or pile.
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to stack (cordwood) in ricks.
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Etymology
Origin of rick
before 900; Middle English rek ( e ), reek, Old English hrēac; akin to Old Norse hraukr, Old Frisian reak, Middle Dutch rooc, roke
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Or there are the more hyperspecific suggestions, like this one from a Neptunes knockoff: “a sample of rick james saying ‘shake ya tailfeatha’ would fit on this.”
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018
Although his restrained fall-winter designs featured darker hues than normal, there were rick pickings for anyone who likes a bright wardrobe.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
It looked like Bassong might have got away with his rick as Rooney got the ball caught under his feet before he could pull the trigger.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2016
There’s rick material to be mined in comedy when cultures, on the surface, do not mix.
From Forbes ● Sep. 16, 2013
I had a quick picture of Da standing outside our doorway one summer, the rick of hay caught on the edge of his pitchfork.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Oppenheimer analyst Rick Schafer expects AMD’s data-center sales to surge 135% next year thanks to robust AI spending.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
A former Atlanta mayor, Bottoms defeated billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson, a win that returns the governor's office to Democrats after more than two decades of Republican control.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
When Chief Deputy City Controller Rick Cole retired from City Hall last year, he complained that “mind-numbing bureaucracy” had made the city ungovernable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
But Rick Macci, the veteran American coach who guided the Williams sisters as teenagers, believes Ferrero will find it harder to improve Shelton's technical deficiencies.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Sorry if I offended you,” Barbour said nervously In silence Rick Deckard plucked open the door of his hovercar.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Down in the tunnels, workers sorted the remains of the dead, filing them by bones into space-efficient ricks and stacks.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019
Burnley’s welcome back to the Premier League ends in encouraging defeat, while Monday Night Football ends an hour later with no obvious ricks or gaffes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2014
In Martinsburg, W. Va., a heifer dropped down between two ricks of straw and subsisted seven weeks without water.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tempo is high, the ricks are ticking and the song is a shaggy Pekinese.
From Time Magazine Archive
Them summer ricks be all rotten at bottom.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
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