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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


VERB (2)

1. pile in ricks;
- Example: "rick hay"

2. twist suddenly so as to sprain;
- Example: "wrench one's ankle"
- Example: "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"
- Example: "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"
- Example: "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
[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]