rick

UK: /rɪk/ US: /rɪk/ ,(rik)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

rick¹ /rɪk/   n. [countable]

1. Dialect Terms a large stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field.
2. a stack of wood.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

rick¹  (rik), n. 

1. Dialect Terms Also, hayrick. [Chiefly Midland U.S.] a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, esp. when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin;
   an outdoor or makeshift mow.
2. a stack of cordwood or logs cut to even lengths.
3. a frame of horizontal bars and vertical supports, as used to hold barrels in a distillery, boxes in a warehouse, etc.

v.t. 

4. to form grain into a stack or pile.
5. to stack (cordwood) in ricks.

• bef. 900; Middle English rek(e), reek, Old English hrēac; akin to Old Norse hraukr, Old Frisian reak, Middle Dutch rooc, roke

rick′er, n. 

rick²  (rik), v.t., v.i., n. 

1. wrick.

Rick  (rik), n. 

1. a male given name, form of Eric or Richard. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rick / rɪk/ noun

1. a large stack of hay, corn, peas, etc, built in the open in a regular-shaped pile, esp one with a thatched top

verb

1. (transitive) to stack or pile into ricks

Etymology: Old English hrēac; related to Old Norse hraukr

rick / rɪk/ noun

1. a wrench or sprain, as of the back

verb

1. (transitive) to wrench or sprain (a joint, a limb, the back, etc)

Etymology: 18th Century: see wrick