rick

noun

1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.

   “There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;[…].”

   “It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.”

2. (US)A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
3. (dialectal)A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.
4. (dialectal, intransitive)A noise, rattling.
5. A new and naive boot camp inductee.

   “No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now.”

verb

1. To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
2. To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
3. (dialectal, transitive)To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.
4. (dialectal, intransitive)To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
5. (dialectal, intransitive)To grumble.
6. (dialectal, transitive)To scold.
7. (dialectal, intransitive)To raffle.

name

1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard, or sometimes of related names, such as Ricardo.

   “Mark Watney is the first of them to be introduced on screen, in the middle of collecting soil and rock samples from the Martian surface. Rick Martinez (Michael Peña) jokes that he just discovered dirt, and Mark ribs him about the usefulness of his job.”

2. A surname transferred from the given name.