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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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ick
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
Interjection
ick
- An exclamation of disgust
- Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!
Synonyms
- ew
- ugh
- yuck
Related terms
- icky
Etymology 2
Back-formation from icky.
Noun
ick (uncountable)
- (informal) Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch.
- 2015, Chris Lynch, Killing Time in Crystal City (page 182)
- Did you get ick all over my things? Should I walk myself through a car wash on the way home?
- 2015, Chris Lynch, Killing Time in Crystal City (page 182)
Adjective
ick
- (informal) icky; distasteful or unpleasant.
Etymology 3
Noun
ick (uncountable)
- Alternative form of ich (fish disease)
Anagrams
- CKI
German
Alternative forms
- ik
- icke (disjunctive)
Etymology
From Low German ick/ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *é?h?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k/
Pronoun
ick (conjunctive)
- (Berlin) I
Low German
Alternative forms
- ik
- ek, eck
- Ravensbergisch: eck, ek (used besides ick)
- Münsterländisch: -k (enclitic; used besides ick)
Etymology
From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *é?h?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k/
Pronoun
ick
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- ick schreev di en Breef
- I wrote you a letter
- Ick keem, ick seeg, ick wunn
- I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.)
- ick schreev di en Breef
Related terms
- mien (possessive: my, mine); mi (dative (also generally used in place of the accusative): me); wi (plural: we)
Middle English
Pronoun
ick
- Alternative form of I
North Frisian
Pronoun
ick
- Alternative form of ik
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