rick
Plural: ricks
Noun
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
- a stack of hay
- Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
- A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
- A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.
- A noise, rattling.
- A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee.
Verb
Verb Forms: ricked, ricking, ricks
- To stack hay, straw, or other agricultural products into a pile.
- pile in ricks
- "rick hay"
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
- To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
- To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.
- To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
- To grumble.
- To scold.
- To raffle.
Examples
- He needed to rick his tiles carefully to avoid giving his opponent easy plays.
- No turning back now rick, you are the property of the US government now.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 10
rick: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrick: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rick: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
rick: valid Words With Friends Word