rick
pronunciation
How to pronounce rick in British English:
UK [rɪk]
How to pronounce rick in American English:
US [rɪk]
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- Noun:
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
- a stack of hay
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- Verb:
- pile in ricks
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
Word Origin
- rick (n.)
- Old English hreac "stack of hay or straw," from Proto-Germanic *khraukaz (cognates: Old Norse hraukr, Frisian reak, Dutch rook "heap"); perhaps related to ridge.
Example
- 1. But rick scott , florida 's governor , has already said he will refuse .
- 2. The interview takes up the first half of last weekend 's travel with rick steves .
- 3. Everybody wanted to be rick . In other words , to have your own bar .
- 4. A moment later , I 'm telling rick about the history of mental illness in my family , and asking him to pray for healing from depression .
- 5. And in the new york governor 's race carl paladino , a political novice backed by tea-partiers , trounced rick lazio by two-to-one in the republican primary .