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joe | rick |

As a noun joe

is (informal) a male; a guy; a fellow or joe can be (chiefly|us|informal) coffee.

As a proper noun rick is

, or sometimes of related names, such as (ricardo).

joe

English

(wikipedia Joe)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.
  • * 1981 , Second Movement , Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, ISBN 0060148306, page 207
    • "With a name like Joe'," '''Joe''' always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying '' Joe' s Bar and Grill'."
  • , Joanne or Josephine.

    • Related terms

    * Jo * Joey

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow
    • I'm just an ordinary Joe .

    Derived terms

    * average Joe * Joe Average * Joe Blow * Joe College * Joe Schmoe * Joe Sixpack

    See also

    * cup of joe * sloppy joe English diminutives of male given names

    rick

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , Icelandic (m).

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stack, stook or pile of grain, straw, hay etc., especially as protected with thatching.
  • *(George Eliot) (1819-1880)
  • *:There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks , rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;.
  • *
  • *:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
  • (lb) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
    • Derived terms
    * rickburner

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) wricke

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc.

    • Etymology 3

    Abbreviated form from recruit

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military, pejorative, and, demeaning) A brand new (naive ) boot camp inductee.
    • No turning back now rick, you are property of the US government, no longer protected by the bill of rights; you follow the UCMJ now.