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rick en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

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 hrēac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Icelandic hraukur, Irish cruach. Doublet of croagh.

Meanings

1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
   • It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
   • There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;[…]. 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 53, in Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
   • "So this last week, you see, crown'd the business; an' on Satherday night the last shafe was nately tied an' sint in to the misthress, an' everything was finisht, all to the tatchin' o' the ricks." 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 514:
2. (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.

Forms

Deriveds

rickyard · rick cloth · rickstaddle · hayricker · woodrick · hayrick · ricker · wheatrick · rickburner · rickstand

Translations (17)

ba күбә (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · sv stack (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · hu kazal (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · fa چاچ (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · ru стог (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · cs kupa (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · fa راش (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · az taya (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · hy դեզ (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · fi auma (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · bg купа (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · ba кәбән (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · cs stoh (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · fa راژ (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · cs kupka (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · fr meule (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.) · pl bróg (stack or pile, of straw, hay etc.)

rick en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

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 hrēac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Icelandic hraukur, Irish cruach. Doublet of croagh.

Meanings

1. To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.

Forms

rick en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (dialectal) A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.

Forms

rick en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
2. (dialectal, transitive) To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.

Forms

rick en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English *rikken (attested only as palatised variant Middle English richen (“to pull, tug; to move, proceed, run; to twist, turn”)), from Old Norse rykkja (“to move, rock, throw”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkijaną (“to rock, move”). Cognate with English rock. Possibly merged with Middle English wrikken (“to move to and fro, move back and forth”), see Etymology 2 above.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, intransitive) A noise, rattling.

Forms

rick en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English *rikken (attested only as palatised variant Middle English richen (“to pull, tug; to move, proceed, run; to twist, turn”)), from Old Norse rykkja (“to move, rock, throw”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkijaną (“to rock, move”). Cognate with English rock. Possibly merged with Middle English wrikken (“to move to and fro, move back and forth”), see Etymology 2 above.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, intransitive) To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
2. (dialectal, intransitive) To grumble.
3. (dialectal, transitive) To scold.
4. (dialectal, intransitive) To raffle.

Forms

Deriveds

ricket

Relateds

rickety

rick en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

Abbreviated form from recruit.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:derogatory and demeaning) A new and naive boot camp inductee.
   • No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now.

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