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Definitions for: Rick
[n] a stack of hay
[n] a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
[v] twist suddenly so as to sprain; "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"
[v] pile in ricks, as of hay
Webster (1913) Definition: Rick, n. [OE. reek, rek, AS. hre['a]c a heap; akin to
hryce rick, Icel. hraukr.]
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, v. t.
To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.
Synonyms: crick, hayrick, haystack, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick, wrick
See Also: cramp, haycock, heap, injure, muscle spasm, pile, spasm, stack, stack, wound
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