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name
A diminutive of the male given name Richard, as well as similar name such as Ricardo.
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name
A surname transferred from the given name.
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noun
Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
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noun
A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
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Usage: US
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noun
A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.
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Usage: dialectal
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noun
A noise, rattling.
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Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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noun
A new and naive boot camp inductee.
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Qualifier: derogatory and demeaning
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
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verb
To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
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verb
To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.
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Usage: dialectal, transitive
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verb
To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
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verb
To grumble.
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verb
To scold.
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Usage: dialectal, transitive
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verb
To raffle.
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Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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noun
a stack of hay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: haystack, hayrick
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Broader terms: stack
Narrower terms: haycock
noun
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
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Synonyms: crick, kink, wrick
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Broader terms: spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
verb
twist suddenly so as to sprain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick
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Broader terms: injure, wound
verb
pile in ricks
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Broader terms: stack, pile, heap
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h3rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rick From the male given name Richard.
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.
From earlier wrick, from Middle English wricken, wrikken (“to move back and forth”), probably from Middle Dutch *verwricken or Middle Low German vorwricken. Cognate with West Frisian wrikke, wrikje, Dutch wrikken, Low German wricken, German wricken, Danish vrikke, Swedish vricka.
From Middle English *rikken (attested only as palatised variant Middle English richen (“to pull, tug; to move, proceed, run; to twist, turn”)), from Old Norse rykkja (“to move, rock, throw”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkijaną (“to rock, move”). Cognate with English rock. Possibly merged with Middle English wrikken (“to move to and fro, move back and forth”), see Etymology 2 above.
Abbreviated form from recruit.
Across languages
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