NOUN | state | rick, crick, kink, wrick | a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British) |
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group | rick, haystack, hayrick | a stack of hay | |
VERB | contact | rick | pile in ricks |
body | rick, twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick | twist suddenly so as to sprain |
Sounds | rih'k | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British). | |
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Synonyms | crick, kink, wrick | |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
Broader | spasm, cramp, muscle spasm | A painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
Spanish | tortícolis | |
Catalan | torticoli | |
Verbs | rick | twist suddenly so as to sprain |
Meaning | A stack of hay. | |
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Synonyms | haystack, hayrick | |
Narrower | haycock | A small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick |
Broader | stack | An orderly pile |
Spanish | almiar de heno, almiar, pajar, parva de pasto, parva de pastos, zacatera | |
Catalan | pallera, paller, pallissa | |
Verbs | rick | pile in ricks |
Meaning | pile in ricks. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "rick hay" | |
Broader | stack, pile, heap | Arrange in stacks |
Spanish | amontonar en almiares | |
Nouns | rick | a stack of hay |
Meaning | Twist suddenly so as to sprain. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | Did he rick his foot? | |
Synonyms | twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick | |
Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
Spanish | descoyuntarse, dislocarse, girar, rotar, torcerse | |
Catalan | desconjuntar-se, dislocar-se, girar, rotar, torçar-se, torçar, tòrcer | |
Nouns | rick | a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British) |
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