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- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Richard, or sometimes of related names, such as Ricardo.
"Mark Watney is the first of them to be introduced on screen, in the middle of collecting soil and rock samples from the Martian surface. Rick Martinez (Michael Peña) jokes that he just discovered dirt, and Mark ribs him about the usefulness of his job."
- 2 A surname transferred from the given name.
- 1 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;[…]."
- 2 A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug. dialectal
- 3 A noise, rattling. dialectal, intransitive
- 4 A new and naive boot camp inductee.
"No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now."
- 5 a stack of hay wordnet
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- 6 A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. US
- 7 a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British) wordnet
- 1 To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
- 2 To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
- 3 To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter. dialectal, intransitive
- 4 twist suddenly so as to sprain wordnet
- 5 To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull. dialectal, transitive
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- 6 To grumble. dialectal, intransitive
- 7 pile in ricks wordnet
- 8 To scold. dialectal, transitive
- 9 To raffle. dialectal, intransitive
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Abbreviated form from recruit.
From the male given name Richard.
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