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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
rick
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a rick of neatly stacked logs
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Another flash of lightning allowed him to see the figure of a woman running towards the rick.
▪ He returned to the barn to ask the other farm workers to help him cover the ricks.
▪ He went to look at the ricks again.
▪ If it is stored for too long in rick or barn, rats and mice can cause heavy losses.
▪ It was too late to save the rick, so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames.
▪ None of them thought of looking at the ricks.
▪ We usually played in the fields and around the barns and straw ricks together.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rick

Rick \Rick\ (r[i^]k), n. [OE. reek, rek, AS. hre['a]c a heap; akin to hryce rick, Icel. hraukr.] A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows.
--G. Eliot.

Rick

Rick \Rick\, v. t. To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rick

Old English hreac "stack of hay or straw," from Proto-Germanic *khraukaz (cognates: Old Norse hraukr, Frisian reak, Dutch rook "heap"); perhaps related to ridge.

Wiktionary
rick

Etymology 1 alt. 1 A stack, stook or pile of grain, straw, hay etc., especially as protected with thatching. 2 (lb en US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. n. 1 A stack, stook or pile of grain, straw, hay etc., especially as protected with thatching. 2 (lb en US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. vb. To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks. Etymology 2

vb. slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc. Etymology 3

n. (context military pejorative and demeaning English) A brand new (''naive'') boot camp inductee.

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WordNet
rick

  1. n. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, wrick]

  2. a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick]

rick

  1. v. pile in ricks; "rick hay"

  2. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick]

Wikipedia
Rick (disambiguation)

Rick is a masculine given name. It may also refer to:

  • Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycologist; also his botanical author abbreviation
  • Tropical Storm Rick (disambiguation)
  • Rick (film), a 2003 film starring Bill Pullman
  • RICK, stock ticker symbol for Rick's Cabaret International, Inc.
  • A rick (plural ricks), in an agricultural context, is a term for a stack or pile of grain, straw, hay etc., especially as protected with thatching.
  • A rick is also used in some parts of the US to refer to a quantity of firewood, related to a cord.
Rick

Rick is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People:

  • Rick Adams (disambiguation)
  • Rick W. Allen (born 1951). American politician
  • Rick Anderson (disambiguation)
  • Rick Astley (born 1966), English singer, songwriter and musician
  • Rick Benjamin (disambiguation)
  • Rick Berman (born 1945), American television producer, executive producer of several Star Trek series
  • Rick Berns (born 1956), former National Football League player
  • Rick Dees (born 1960), American radio personality and comedian who wrote and sang the #1 hit "Disco Duck"
  • Rick Flens (born 1983), Dutch road bicycle racer
  • Rick Fraser (born 1959), Canadian chuckwagon racer
  • Rick Henderson (1928–2004), American jazz saxophonist and arranger
  • Rick Johnson (gridiron football) (born 1961), former Canadian Football League quarterback
  • Rick Jones (disambiguation)
  • Rick Lackman (1910-1990), American National Football League player
  • Rick Lyle (born 1971), American former National Football League player
  • Rick Mazza (born 1961), Australian politician
  • Rick Middleton (born 1953), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
  • Rick Middleton (American football) (born 1951), American former National Football League player
  • Rick Miller (baseball) (born 1948), American Major League Baseball player
  • Rick Miller (comedian), Canadian comedian and presenter of the US television series Just for Laughs
  • Rick Miller (politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician
  • Rick Miller (speedway rider) (born 1961), American former international motorcycle speedway rider
  • Rick Miller (Texas politician) (born 1946), American politician and retired United States Navy officer
  • Rick Nielsen (born 1946), lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick
  • Rick Olson, American politician
  • Rick Paterson (born 1958), Canadian former National Hockey League player and coach
  • Rick Razzano (linebacker) (born 1955), former National Football League player
  • Rick Reed (pitcher) (born 1964), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rick Roberts (disambiguation)
  • Rick Rude, ring name of professional wrestler Richard Rood (1958-1999)
  • Rick Salomon (born c. 1968), American poker player mostly known for his relationships with various female celebrities
  • Rick Sanford (born 1957), former National Football League player
  • Rick Santorum (born 1958), American politician and lawyer, 2012 presidential candidate
  • Rick Sawatsky (born 1976), Canadian curler
  • Rick Schwartz (born 1967), American film and television producer
  • Rick Smith (disambiguation)
  • Rick Stein (born 1947), English celebrity chef, restaurateur and television presenter
  • Rick Steiner (born 1961), ring name of American semi-retired professional wrestler Robert Rechsteiner
  • Rick Steves (born 1955), American author and travel television personality
  • Rick Sutcliffe (born 1956), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher and broadcaster
  • Rick Walker (born 1955), American retired National Football League player and radio sports commentator
  • Rick White (disambiguation)
  • Rick Williams (politician), Australian politician
  • Rick Williams (baseball, born 1952), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rick Williams (baseball, born 1956), American baseball player, scout and coach
  • Rick Wilson (basketball) (born 1956), basketball player
  • Rick Wilson (racing driver) (born 1953), NASCAR driver
  • Rick Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1950), ice–hockey player
  • Rick Wilson (jockey) (born 1954), American jockey
  • Rick Wilson (wrestler) (1965–1999), American professional wrestler best known as The Renegade in World Championship Wrestling
  • Rick Youngblood, American politician elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in 2012
  • Rick Zabel (born 1993), German road bicycle racer

Fictional characters:

  • Rick Blaine, hero of the film Casablanca, played by Humphrey Bogart
  • Rick Alessi, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Rick Jones (comics), sidekick of several Marvel Comics superheroes
  • Rick Sanchez, a main character of the animated television series Rick and Morty
  • Rick, from Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World, animated sitcom
Rick (film)

Rick is a 2003 movie based on Verdi's opera Rigoletto. Rick stars Bill Pullman and Aaron Stanford. It is directed by Curtiss Clayton and written by Daniel Handler.

Usage examples of "rick".

He realized with a wrench in his gut that he had probably been the same age at that time as Rick Ayers, the redhead, was right now.

Arena, Greg Arena, Bill Bailey, Jim Blaylock, Jenny Bunn, Pete Devries, Phil Dick, Jeff Fontanesi, Don Goudie, Chris Gourlay, Dashiell Hamster, Rick Harding, K.

Rick assumed they were traveling over an upland plain like the one where they had found the ceratopsid herds.

Thanks to the journalists who were onto Bill Hicks first: Len Belzer, Michael Barnes, Jack Boulware, Bill Brownstein, Lawrence Christon, Michael Corcoran, Bob Daily, Frank DiGiacomo, Robert Faires, Allan Johnson, Gerald Nachman, Mike Sager, Edith Sorenson, Michael Spies, Ernest Tucker, and Rick Vanderknyff.

Enclosing the yard were two tumbledown ricks, a midden, several delapidated outbuildings, and a drying-ground, in which some more boys were threshing corn with flails.

To them, a Gobelins is a piece of cloth that keeps out a draught, or makes a good tarpaulin to prevent hay blowing off a rick.

Rick and Mick looked at each other, and Kien realized that neither wanted to be the bearer of bad tidings.

Rick and Mick looked at each other, looked back at Kien, and shrugged.

Rick held it up, giving it another shake as Kien slipped out of the car.

So our favorite explorer of the magical realms of sports, Rick Wilber, has put aside his split-finger fastball for the fadeaway lumper and given us this moving and personal story of how some forms of truth can be found at the top of the key.

Sheena had told him of her past, Rick reasoned that Ebid Ela had at one time been Mateyenda of the Lunda kingdom, and that the old woman had bequeathed her high office to the white foster-child she had cared for from infancy.

CLEAR I was the only one, thanks to years of research into obscure myths and folklore, who could have saved poor Rick Meech, my friend and neighbor.

Once Rick had said farewell to the NAMECorp men and closed the ship up tight, she let the mocket go.

Doss, Bobbi Laurens, Rick Foss, Charles Fuller, Daniel Pinal, Karen Malcor, Larry Niven, Marty Corbett, the staff of radio station KFAC, the staff of the West Coast 6-Day Training, Dr.

Later, after Rick had extracted her as neatly as a cork from a wine bottle, and she and Chase had slid out of their suits on the utility deck, Rosario threw her arms around Chase and clasped him tight.