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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
rick From the web:
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gick
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /??k/
Noun
gick (uncountable)
- (Ireland, slang) excrement
- 1993, Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Penguin Books, page 1:
- If I did a gick in me pants he'd kill me!
- 1993, Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Penguin Books, page 1:
References
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?k/
Verb
gick
- past tense of gå.
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