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.
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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
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
Derby results: 1, Dennis Graham, 23 pound-9 ounce chinook, $3,000; 2, Andrew Clark, 22-15, $1,500; 3, Jerry Holly, 22-6, $1,000; 4, rick Owens, 21-9, electric downriggers; 5, Bart Mahugh, 19-12, Fetha Styx Rod.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2011
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
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal carried a series of interviews with major U.S. fund managers, several of whom, like Pimco’s Dan Ivascyn and BlackRock’s Rick Rieder recommending investors take advantage of higher yields.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Rick Rieder is thrilled about the risk-reward proposition that bonds offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
"Both the majority and dissent agree that this case is likely to have limited impact on the midterms," Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a blog post.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
Rick Hasen: Well, the first thing to say is that even though the unsigned majority opinion was only three sentences, those sentences packed a punch.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Although no ransom note has been received by the Corcoran family, authorities have not yet ruled out the possibility of kidnapping. This is Rick Dobson, reporting live from ActionNews Twelve.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
The hay was long since in, standing in high ricks in the farmyards, or built up into stacks in lonely fields with a hurdle round them to keep off the cattle.
From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley
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