rick Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
    wrick; kink; crick.
  2. noun a stack of hay
    hayrick; haystack.
  3. verb pile in ricks
    • rick hay
  4. verb twist suddenly so as to sprain
    twist; turn; wrick; sprain; wrench.
    • 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

WordNet

Rick noun
Etymology
OE. reek, rek, AS. hreác a heap; akin to hryce rick, Icel. hraukr.
Definitions
  1. A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.
    Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows. G. Eliot.
Rick transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.

Webster 1913