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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[rik]
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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.
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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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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
BST10:16 15 min: Song makes a bit of a rick inside the centre circle and Newcastle are able to break onto the West Ham back four.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2015
There’s rick material to be mined in comedy when cultures, on the surface, do not mix.
From Forbes ● Sep. 16, 2013
The best and worst apologies of the week Topics: Trayvon Martin, rick ross, Matt Lauer, David Patraeus, Piers Morgan, George Zimmerman, Doug Gottlieb, Don Young, It has been one sorry excuse for a week.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2013
When the wagon was loaded, it was drawn to Sir Ector’s rick and pitched to him.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
In Georgia, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson in the governor's race, after he poured more than $200 million of his fortune into his bid, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 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
Rick, who declined to give his last name because he doesn’t want to be hassled for his opinion, has made up his mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Chief Executive Rick Dierker said that the company’s brands continue to perform well despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, which helped drive a third consecutive quarter of organic sales growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
As he entered his own office, Rick heard the voice of his secretary, Ann Marsten, behind him.
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
He never imposes himself on his characters, never plays ricks on them or the reader.
From Time Magazine Archive
That fine broad thoroughfare is now bordered by an almost continuous row of modern shops, erected, many of them, where barns and ricks stood less than ten years ago.
From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
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