rick

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
2. A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.

Verb

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

Verb

1. To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
2. To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.

Verb

1. To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
2. To grumble.
3. To scold.
4. To raffle.

Συνώνυμα

stack

haystack

wrick

hayrick

turn

pile

stook

sprain

cock

bunch

crick

heap

kink

mow

shock

⚡

twist

wrench

🔧

hay-cock

drift

pull

ruck

shoal

cluster

dislocate

dip

crop

strain

tumulus

haymow

collection

hoard

hay cock

luxate

mass

hay stack

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɹɪk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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, Norwegian rauk, Swedish rök, Icelandic hraukur.