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rick
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Scots ruk (“rick”), Norwegian ruka (“rick, haystack”). Related also to Old English hr?ac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Norwegian rauk, Swedish rök, Icelandic hraukur.
Alternative forms
- ruck
Noun
rick (plural ricks)
- 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; […].
- (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
Derived terms
- rickburner
Translations
Verb
rick (third-person singular simple present ricks, present participle ricking, simple past and past participle ricked)
- To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
Etymology 2
From earlier wrick, from Middle English wricken, wrikken (“to move back and forth”), probably from Middle Dutch *verwricken or Middle Low German vorwricken. Cognate with West Frisian wrikke, wrikje, Dutch wrikken, Low German wricken, German wricken, Danish vrikke, Swedish vricka.
Verb
rick (third-person singular simple present ricks, present participle ricking, simple past and past participle ricked)
- To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc.
Etymology 3
Abbreviated form from recruit.
Noun
rick (plural ricks)
- (military, derogatory and demeaning) A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee.
- No turning back now rick, you are the property of the US government now.
Anagrams
- crik
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wrick
English
Etymology
From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrig?n? (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey?- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”).
See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”).
Verb
wrick (third-person singular simple present wricks, present participle wricking, simple past and past participle wricked)
- (dialect) To twist; turn
- (dialect) To wrench; strain
Noun
wrick (plural wricks)
- A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back
Synonyms
- crick
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