rick — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.

   Examples

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   "So this last week, you see, crown'd the business; an' on Satherday night the last shafe was nately tied an' sint in to the misthress, an' everything was finisht, all to the tatchin' o' the ricks."

   There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;[…].

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   It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.

2. A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.

   Usage

   • US usage

Verb

1. To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.

Verb

1. To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.

2. To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.

   Usage

   • dialectal
   • Transitive

Noun

1. A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.

   Usage

   • dialectal

Verb

1. To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.

   Usage

   • dialectal
   • Intransitive

2. To grumble.

   Usage

   • dialectal
   • Intransitive

3. To scold.

   Usage

   • dialectal
   • Transitive

4. To raffle.

   Usage

   • dialectal
   • Intransitive

Noun

1. A noise, rattling.

   Usage

   • dialectal
   • Intransitive

Noun

1. A new and naive boot camp inductee.

   Examples

   No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now.

Noun

1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)

   Synonyms

   crickkinkwrick

   Broader terms

   spasmcrampmuscle spasm

2. a stack of hay

   Synonyms

   haystackhayrick

   Broader terms

   stack

Verb

1. pile in ricks

   Broader terms

   stackpileheap

   Examples

   rick hay

2. twist suddenly so as to sprain

   Synonyms

   twistsprainwrenchturnwrick

   Broader terms

   injurewound

   Examples

   wrench one's ankle

   The wrestler twisted his shoulder

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   the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell

   I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days