rick

¹

[ rik ]

noun

1. Also Chiefly Midland U.S. 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.
2. a stack of cordwood or logs cut to even lengths.
3. a frame of horizontal bars and vertical supports, as used to hold barrels in a distillery, boxes in a warehouse, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to form grain into a stack or pile.
2. to stack (cordwood) in ricks.

rick

²

[ rik ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. wrick.

Rick

³

[ rik ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Eric or Richard.

rick

¹

/ rɪk /

noun

1. a large stack of hay, corn, peas, etc, built in the open in a regular-shaped pile, esp one with a thatched top

verb

1. tr to stack or pile into ricks

rick

²

/ rɪk /

noun

1. a wrench or sprain, as of the back

verb

1. tr to wrench or sprain (a joint, a limb, the back, etc)

Other Words From

• ricker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rick¹

before 900; Middle English rek ( e ), reek, Old English hrēac; akin to Old Norse hraukr, Old Frisian reak, Middle Dutch rooc, roke

Word History and Origins

Origin of rick¹

Old English hrēac ; related to Old Norse hraukr

Origin of rick²

C18: see wrick

Example Sentences

That was a very cool moment since Rick was here when we were building the program and had become a good friend.

From Washington Post

Rick, meanwhile, hasn’t met or matched with anyone since the pandemic started.

From Washington Post

Rick, an Annapolis native who had started talking to David about playing at Navy when he was in middle school, thought Honaker was calling just to chat.

From Washington Post

Take Ninja’s live stream of the Fallout 76 game with adult cartoon characters Rick and Morty, for example.

From Digiday

Congratulations to Rick of Cloverdale, California, winner of last week’s Riddler Classic.

From FiveThirtyEight

I watched SNL—the Eddie Murphy generation—and also SCTV with Rick Moranis.

From The Daily Beast

The reason why I brought that up is because I remember how happy Rick and I were when Altman said that.

From The Daily Beast

With Rick, I think the culture just lags behind great artists much of the time, and it takes time for it to catch up.

From The Daily Beast

Rick would cut together five years worth of work, add the sixth, then recut six years worth of work, add the seventh, and so on.

From The Daily Beast

He praised Rick Santorum, famous for wearing sweater vests in 2012, for running a “fashion forward campaign.”

From The Daily Beast

Then it was driven away to the rick-yard by the careful driver, being succeeded by another team with military precision.

From Project Gutenberg

Rick heard the secretary draw in his breath sharply, and he surreptitiously got ready to pump a shell into the riot gun's chamber.

From Project Gutenberg

Rick spotted a large group of soldiers—he estimated about two hundred—dispersed around the hotel.

From Project Gutenberg

Rick and Scotty, tired after an exhausting day, had gone to bed while the light still burned in Hartson Brant's room.

From Project Gutenberg

Rick and Scotty watched as the engineer got busy, hooking the remote-switch cable into the amplifier.

From Project Gutenberg