derrick
/ˈdɛɹɪk/
derrick noun: a device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
Noun
derrick (plural derricks)
- A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
- They count their ships full tale— / Their corn and oil and wine, / Derrick and loom and bale, / And rampart’s gun-flecked line; / City by City they hail: / “Hast aught to match with mine?”1894, Rudyard Kipling, To the City of Bombay
- At some places it is possible to load or discharge a vessel without any expenditure on docks or wharves, by dealing with the cargo by hand, or by the ships derricks, or by means of floating discharging appliances while the vessel it moored to buoys in a tideway. […] At low tide it may be...1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, pages 9, 10
- A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
- Synonyms:
- oil derrick
- An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman.
Verb
derrick (third-person singular simple present derricks, present participle derricking, simple past and past participle derricked)
- To hoist with, or as if with, a derrick.
- To remove (a pitcher).
- Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin.2012, Ray Robinson, High and Tight
- As a rule, when the twirler is derricked, it is because the members of the opposition are beginning to take undue familiarity with his offerings. But this is not always the reason.2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page 96
Proper noun capitalized: Derrick
Derrick
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.
- A surname.
derrick meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
derrick in Hindi
- डेरिक
derrick in Tamil
- சுமை தூக்கி, பளு ஏந்தி, பார முக்காலி, பளு நகர்த்துவதற்கும், ஏற்றி
derrick in Marathi
- डेरिक, डेरीक, डेरिकला
derrick in Bengali
- ডেরিক, ডেরিককে, ডেরিকের কাছে
More languagesFewer languages
- derrick in Telugu
- డెరిక్, డెర్రిక్
- derrick in Malayalam
- ഡെറിക്ക് ചെയ്യാൻ
- derrick in Kannada
- ಎತ್ತುಗ
- derrick in Punjabi
- ਡੇਰਿਕ
- derrick in Gujarati
- ડેરિક, ડેરીક, ડેરિકને
- derrick in Odia
- ଡେରିକ, ଡେରିକ୍
- derrick in Nepali
- डेरिक, डेरिकलाई, डेरिक गर्न
- derrick in Tagalog
- bintag
Examples of derrick in a sentence
- Derrick Lundy is the award-winning newspaper photographer and stonemason who looks like a Greek god.
- The "galamander" is a combination stone-boat on wheels and a derrick.
- Derrick Rose scored a season-high 30 points.
Synonyms of derrick
- oil derrick
Forms of derrick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | derricks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | derricks |
| present participle | derricking |
| past participle | derricked |
| past | derricked |
Origin of derrick
Named after British executioner Thomas Derrick, who invented the framework arrangement commonly known by this name to aid in the conduct of executions. First use appears c. 1600 in the publication Ballad Death Earl Essex.
Words formed from derrick
Words that rhyme with derrick
- berwick
- generic
- exoteric
- atmospheric
- esoteric
- alphanumeric
- cleric
- Derek
- ferric
- numeric
- spheric
- stratospheric
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Questions about derrick
- What does derrick mean?
- Derrick means a device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
- What is derrick in Hindi?
- Derrick in Hindi is डेरिक. See Derrick meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is derrick?
- Derrick can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce derrick?
- Derrick is pronounced /ˈdɛɹɪk/.
- What is the plural of derrick?
- The plural of derrick is derricks.
Words near derrick in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: derrick (page history and authors); Derrick (page history and authors); derrick (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); derrick (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); derrick (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); derrick (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); derrick (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); derrick (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); derrick (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); derrick (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); derrick (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); derrick (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); derrick (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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