carrick
carrick noun: a greatcoat. Also the alternative spelling of carrack.
Noun
carrick (plural carricks)
- A greatcoat.
- […] here there was little hairy Pushkin in a fur carrick, and ratlike Gogol in a flamboyant waistcoat, and old little Tolstoy with his fat nose […]1959, Dmitri Nabokov (translator), Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading
- A poor man is robbed of his overcoat (Gogol's "The Greatcoat," or more correctly "The Carrick") […]c. 1948, Vladimir Nabokov, "Lecture on The Metamorphosis" (reprinted in Lectures on Literature, 1980)
Proper noun capitalized: Carrick
Carrick
- A surname from Irish.
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
- A former local government district of Cornwall, England, named after the fjord-like Carrick Roads estuary; it was abolished on 31 March 2009.
- A rocky coastal district now in in South Ayrshire, Scotland and part of the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament constituency and the eponymous UK Parliament constituency.
- (describing a siren seen in a group of otherwise decrepit old witches dancing) There was ae winsome wench and waulie / That night enlisted in the core, / Lang after ken'd on Carrick shore; / (For mony a beast to dead she shot, / And perish'd mony a bonie boat, ...)1791, Robert Burns, “Tam o'Shanter”Edinburgh Magazine
- A locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- A Scottish earldom bestowed on the heir apparent to the reigning monarchs first of Scotland (since Robert the Bruce in 1292) and later of the United Kingdom.
Also used as
carrick is also the alternative spelling of carrack.
carrick meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
carrick in Hindi
- कैरिक, कैरीक
carrick in Tamil
- கேரிக்
carrick in Marathi
- कॅरिक, कॅरीक
carrick in Urdu
- کیریک
More languagesFewer languages
- carrick in Bengali
- ক্যারিক, ক্যারিক্
- carrick in Telugu
- కారిక్
- carrick in Malayalam
- കാരിക്, കാരിക്ക്
- carrick in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯಾರಿಕ್, ಕಾರಿಕ್
- carrick in Punjabi
- ਕੈਰਿਕ, ਕੈਰੀਕ
- carrick in Gujarati
- કેરિક, કેરીક
- carrick in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ାରିକ୍
- carrick in Nepali
- क्यारिक
Forms of carrick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | carricks |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Karrick |
Origin of carrick
Anglicised version of Irish carraig, Scottish Gaelic carraig or Cornish karrek, all meaning rock. Doublet of Craig.
Words formed from carrick
Phrases with carrick
Questions about carrick
- What does carrick mean?
- Carrick means a greatcoat.
- What is carrick in Hindi?
- Carrick in Hindi is कैरिक, कैरीक. See Carrick meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is carrick?
- Carrick can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of carrick?
- The plural of carrick is carricks.
Words near carrick in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carrick (page history and authors); Carrick (page history and authors); carrick (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carrick (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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