[syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rick \Rick\ (r[i^]k), n. [OE. reek, rek, AS. hre['a]c a heap;
akin to hryce rick, Icel. hraukr.]
A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air,
usually protected from wet with thatching.
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Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals
beyond the hedgerows. --G. Eliot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rick \Rick\, v. t.
To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rick
n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
(`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, kink,
rick, wrick]
2: a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick]
v 1: pile in ricks; "rick hay"
2: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The
wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their
ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk
for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn,
wrick, rick]