rick
Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatchStraw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
» I can't believe I just got rick rolled by a toddler.
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5 sensesStraw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
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a stack of hay
(US)A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
(dialectal)A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.
(dialectal, intransitive)A noise, rattling.
A new and naive boot camp inductee.
No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now.
Examples
8 sentencesI can't believe I just got rick rolled by a toddler.
I haven't seen Rick since he returned from New Zealand.
deIch habe Rick nicht getroffen, seit er aus Neuseeland zurückgekommen ist. — Hastrica
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
Rick is my nickname.
ruРик — это моё прозвище. — astru
Please, call me Rick.
ruПожалуйста, зовите меня Рик. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with ScoFrom 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.
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