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Rickey vs Rick - What's the difference?

rickey | rick |

As a noun rickey

is .

As a proper noun rick is

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

rickey

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A variant of Ricky, diminutive of the male given name Richard.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cocktail made with lime (citrus fruit) and carbonated water.
  • *1926 , , The Great Gatsby , Penguin 2000, p. 112:
  • *:Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice.

    • Anagrams

    * 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.