Rick

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɹɪk/Rhymes: -ɪk

Old English hrēac, from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Dutch rook, Norwegian rauk, Swedish rök.

Full definition of rick

Noun

1. A stack, stook or pile of grain, straw, hay etc., especially as protected with thatching.
• George Eliot (1819-1880)There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;...
• 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher Chapter 1, 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.
2. (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.

Verb

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

Middle English wricke

Verb

1. slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc.

Abbreviated form from recruit

Noun

1. (military, pejorative and demeaning) A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee.No turning back now rick, you are property of the US government, no longer protected by the bill of rights; you follow the UCMJ now.