RICK
Dictionary entry overview: What does rick mean?
• RICK (noun)
The noun RICK has 2 senses:
1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British)
2. a stack of hay
Familiarity information: RICK used as a noun is rare.
• RICK (verb)
The verb RICK has 2 senses:
1. pile in ricks
2. twist suddenly so as to sprain
Familiarity information: RICK used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RICK (noun)
Meaning:
A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
crick; kink; rick; wrick
Hypernyms ("rick" is a kind of...):
cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Meaning:
A stack of hay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
hayrick; haystack; rick
Hypernyms ("rick" is a kind of...):
stack (an orderly pile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rick"):
haycock (a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick)
• RICK (verb)
Meaning:
Pile in ricks
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
rick hay
Hypernyms (to "rick" is one way to...):
heap; pile; stack (arrange in stacks)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Twist suddenly so as to sprain
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
wrick; sprain; rick; wrench; twist; turn
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "rick" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he rick his foot?
