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ricks

ricks is the plural of rick.

ricks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rick.

Meaning of rick

Noun (1)

rick (plural ricks)

  1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
    • "So this last week, you see, crown'd the business; an' on Satherday night the last shafe was nately tied an' sint in to the misthress, an' everything was finisht, all to the tatchin' o' the ricks."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 514
  2. (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.

Noun (2)

rick (plural ricks)

  1. (dialectal) A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.

Noun (3)

rick (plural ricks)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) A noise, rattling.

Noun (4)

rick (plural ricks)

  1. (derogatory and demeaning) A new and naive boot camp inductee.
    • No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now.

See all 14 meanings of rick

Proper noun capitalized: Ricks

Ricks

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A township in Christian County, Illinois, United States.

Origin of ricks

From Rick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Words formed from ricks

Phrases with ricks

Questions about ricks

What does ricks mean?
Ricks means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What is ricks the plural of?
Ricks is the plural of rick.
What part of speech is ricks?
Ricks is a proper noun.

Words near ricks in the dictionary

  1. rickrollees
  2. rickroller
  3. rickrollers
  4. rickrolling
  5. rickrolls
  6. ricks
  7. ricksha
  8. rickshas
  9. rickshaw
  10. rickshaw noodles
  11. rickshawed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ricks (page history and authors); Ricks (page history and authors); rick (page history and authors). 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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