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rick | gick |

As a proper noun rick

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

As a noun gick is

(ireland|slang) excrement [http://booksgooglecom/books?id=zicnnfvjrk8c&pg=pa242&dq=%22gick%22+paddy+clarke&hl=en&sa=x&ei=hswdt9yrpijhialb1mjpdg&ved=0cdcq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=%22gick%22%20paddy%20clarke&f=false irish essays ] by denis donoghue cambridge university press, 2011 p 242 isbn 978-1-107-00690-4.

rick

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , Icelandic (m).

Alternative forms

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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.

    gick

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Ireland, slang) excrement Irish Essays by Denis Donoghue. Cambridge University Press, 2011. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-107-00690-4
  • * 1993 , Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha , Penguin Books, page 1:
    • If I did a gick in me pants he'd kill me! Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle. Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 978-1-440-67372-6.

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