rick
Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
Noun 3 meanings
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 new and naive boot camp inductee.
“No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now.”
Verb 2 meanings
To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
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.
RICK at a glance
RICK has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,108 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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