rick

Meaning

Noun

1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
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

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

Verb

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

Verb

1. (dialectal, intransitive) To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
2. (dialectal, intransitive) To grumble.
3. (dialectal, transitive) To scold.
4. (dialectal, intransitive) To raffle.

Synonyms

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

Translations

meule

paller

almiar

meule de foin

mijt

Schober

lussare

distorsione

opper

Miete

mucchio

slogare

Getreide

hooiberg

Heuhaufen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *rykke

Inherited from Old English: hrycce

Cognate with Scots: ruk

Cognate with Norwegian: ruka

Inherited from Middle English: wricken

Cognate with Western Frisian: wrikke

Cognate with Dutch: wrikken

Cognate with Low German: wricken

Cognate with German: wricken

Cognate with Danish: vrikke

Cognate with Swedish: vricka

Inherited from Middle English: *rikken

Cognate with Middle English: richen

Cognate with English: rock

In summary

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.