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rick

1 American  
[rik] / rɪk /

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a stack of cordwood or logs cut to even lengths.

  3. 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)

  1. to form grain into a stack or pile.

  2. to stack (cordwood) in ricks.

rick 2 American  
[rik] / rɪk /

verb (used with or without object)

  1. wrick.

Rick 3 American  
[rik] / rɪk /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Eric or Richard.

rick 1 British  
/ rɪk /

noun

  1. a large stack of hay, corn, peas, etc, built in the open in a regular-shaped pile, esp one with a thatched top

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verb

  1. (tr) to stack or pile into ricks

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rick 2 British  
/ rɪk /

noun

  1. a wrench or sprain, as of the back

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verb

  1. (tr) to wrench or sprain (a joint, a limb, the back, etc)

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Other Word Forms

  • ricker noun

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

Example Sentences

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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

Sir Ector stood on the top of a rick, whence he could see what everybody was doing, and shouted commands all over the two-hundred-acre field, and grew purple in the face.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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