rick
part of speech
noun (a rick, ricks); verb (rick, ricks, ricked, ricking); name (Rick)
meaning for a pupil
1) A big stack of hay, straw or corn built in a field or farmyard, often with a pointed thatched top to keep the rain out. tree →
2) (UK, informal) To rick your neck or back means to twist or strain it a little, so it hurts. tree →
3) (a name) Rick, a short form of Richard, Eric or Frederick. tree →
sense in the lessons
In old country stories and history, ricks stood in the farmyards before modern bales: field mice and harvest mice lived in ricks. In The Wind in the Willows the countryside of fields and farms has hay and corn stacked after harvest. In everyday British talk you «rick your neck» sleeping badly.
examples
- The farmer built a tall rick of hay. tree →
- Mice made nests in the corn rick. tree →
- The rick was thatched to keep out the rain. tree →
- I ricked my neck sleeping on the train. tree →
- Rick is my uncle's name. tree →
- Long ago, ricks stood in every farmyard after harvest. tree →
- When it grew dark he climbed up on the top of the fourth rick, from where he could see the whole field. tree →
note
Also called a hayrick or haystack. Do not confuse with «wreck» or «brick». Past: ricked.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rick» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.