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rick |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rick \Rick\, n. [OE. reek, rek, AS hre['a]c a heap; akin to hryce rick, Icel. hraukr.] A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching. Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows. --G. Eliot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rick \Rick\, v. t. To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rick n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: {crick}, {wrick}] 2: a stack of hay [syn: {haystack}, {hayrick}] v 1: pile in ricks, as of hay 2: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle" [syn: {twist}, {sprain}, {wrench}, {turn}, {wrick}]
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