rick
see also: Rick
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɹɪk/
Noun

rick (plural ricks)

  1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
    • There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows; […].
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:
      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. (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
Translations
  • French: meule
  • Russian: стог
Verb

rick (ricks, present participle ricking; past and past participle ricked)

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

rick (ricks, present participle ricking; past and past participle ricked)

  1. To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc.
Noun

rick (plural ricks)

  1. (military, pejorative and demeaning) A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee.
    No turning back now rick, you are the property of the US government now.

Rick
Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. A male given name, or sometimes of related names, such as Ricardo.
  2. Surname



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