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How to use derrick in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Derrick means a device that is used for lifting and moving large objects. Example: “Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin.”

Examples of derrick by meaning

verbTo 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.2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page 96

More sentences with derrick

  • Derrick Lundy is the award-winning newspaper photographer and stonemason who looks like a Greek god.2012, Arthur Black, “All the News That’s Fit to Drift”, in Looking Blackward, Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour Publishing, →ISBN, part 1 (News…. From the entry homonymical
  • The "galamander" is a combination stone-boat on wheels and a derrick.1939 July 10, “Odd items from everywhere”, in The Boston Globe, volume CXXXVI, number 10, Boston, Mass.: The Globe Newspaper Co., →ISSN…. From the entry galamander
  • Derrick Rose scored a season-high 30 points.2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times. From the entry firepower
  • Derrick gave his small portmanteau to the flyman and told him to drive there, and he himself set out walking.1913, Charles Garvice, The Woman's Way. From the entry flyman
  • There was a movement high in the derrick; the derrickman had come off the monkey board; he was half jumping, half sliding down the ladder.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 346. From the entry derrickman
  • Galamanders were elongated four-wheeled wagons equipped with derricks and the wheels of these locally made wagons were eight or nine feet in diameter.1956 August 12, Esther E[lizabeth] Wood, “Granite quarries brought prosperity to Maine coastal areas”, in Portland Sunday Telegram and…. From the entry galamander
  • Limit switches are provided in the hoisting motion, and in the derricking motion, to limit the amount of travel in both directions.1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 338. From the entry limit switch
  • The Scotch luffer, or, more properly, the Scotchman, is, we were told, a great derrick whose introduction has thrown many men out of employment.1912, The Painter and Decorator - Volume 26, page 327. From the entry luffer
  • Dreamy was working him on the gear with the gearman during the day, checking clusters, replacing burned out bulbs, repairing tents, changing runners, replacing guys, trimming derricks.2006, Wayne Ward, The Last Seaman, page 103. From the entry gearman
  • The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.1902, Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola. From the entry movable

Meaning of derrick

  1. noun A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
  2. noun A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
  3. noun An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman.

Full definition of derrick

Questions about derrick in a sentence

How do you use derrick in a sentence?
Derrick is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin.”
What is a short sentence with derrick?
“Derrick Rose scored a season-high 30 points.”
What does derrick mean?
Derrick means a device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.

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