rick

Etymology 1

From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Scots ruk (“rick”), Norwegian ruka (“rick, haystack”). Related also to Old English hrēac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Norwegian rauk, Swedish rök, Icelandic hraukur.

noun

1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
2. (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.

verb

1. To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.

Etymology 2

From earlier wrick, from Middle English wricken, wrikken (“to move back and forth”), probably from Middle Dutch *verwricken or Middle Low German vorwricken. Cognate with West Frisian wrikke, wrikje, Dutch wrikken, Low German wricken, German wricken, Danish vrikke, Swedish vricka.

verb

1. To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc.

Etymology 3

Abbreviated form from recruit.

noun

1. (military, derogatory and demeaning) A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee.
   No turning back now rick, you are the property of the US government now.