Meaning

7 senses

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

    pile in ricks

  2. To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.

  3. (dialectal, transitive)To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.

  4. (dialectal, intransitive)To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.

  5. (dialectal, intransitive)To grumble.

  6. (dialectal, transitive)To scold.

  7. (dialectal, intransitive)To raffle.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. I can't believe I just got rick rolled by a toddler.

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  2. I haven't seen Rick since he returned from New Zealand.

    deIch habe Rick nicht getroffen, seit er aus Neuseeland zurückgekommen ist. — Hastrica

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  3. I haven't seen Rick since he got back from New Zealand.

    ruЯ не видел Рика с тех пор, как он вернулся из Новой Зеландии. — Wezel

    deIch habe Rick nicht getroffen, seit er aus Neuseeland zurückgekommen ist. — Hastrica

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  4. Rick is my nickname.

    ruРик — это моё прозвище. — astru

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  5. Please, call me Rick.

    ruПожалуйста, зовите меня Рик. — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Sco

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.

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Forms

ricks, ricking, ricked, ricked
Base formrick · to rick
3rd person singularricks
Present participlericking
Past simplericked
Past participlericked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrick
he, she, itricks

Past simpleLesson

all personsricked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ricked
he, she, ithas ricked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rick

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
RelatedricketyC2
Derivedricket

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
richA1richlyrichnessricketsricketyC2rickroll
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