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derricks

derricks is the plural of derrick.

derricks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of derrick.

Meaning of derrick

Noun

derrick (plural derricks)

  1. 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
  2. A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
    Synonyms:
    oil derrick
  3. (obsolete) An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman.

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Phrases with derricks

Questions about derricks

What is derricks the plural of?
Derricks is the plural of derrick.

Words near derricks in the dictionary

  1. derrickhand
  2. derrickhands
  3. derricking
  4. derrickman
  5. derrickmen
  6. derricks
  7. Derrico
  8. Derricos
  9. Derrida
  10. Derridan
  11. Derridans

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