ricks in English

noun
1
a stack of hay, corn, straw, or similar material, especially one built into a regular shape and thatched.
Our first night on the march, the General and his staff all climbed into a straw rick and passed a restful, if short, night.
2
a slight sprain or strain, especially in a person's neck or back.
verb
1
form into rick or ricks; stack.
the nine cords of good spruce wood ricked up in the back yard
2
strain (one's neck or back) slightly.
They have met seven times in all and, so far, Federer has only managed to win once - and that was when Henman had ricked his neck and had to pull out after a set.
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Use "ricks" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "ricks" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "ricks", or refer to the context using the word "ricks" in the English Dictionary.

1. Brother Artel Ricks tells an interesting story of an inspired Primary teacher.

2. Ricks award for Outstanding Airmanship to the crew of Jolly 92; Pilots Capt

3. Christopher Ricks, a literary critic, Anatomized the hidden craftsmanship of Dylan's rhymes.

4. He let me seek counsel and gain His permission to stay at Ricks College.

5. Nycole Bugled Ricks bull into Guide: Steven Farmer, 4x5 Bull taken with 30.06 180 Gr.

6. One was an attractive job offer, extended just as I was finishing my fifth year as president of Ricks College.

7. Bowers Funeral Home in Teague and Ricks-Bowers Funeral Home in Jewett offer a friendly and compassionate hometown staff

8. Discussing the lyrics, literary critic Christopher Ricks detects a "note of social exclusion" in the line "I was hungry and it was your world".

9. Furthermore, "[b]ricks are usually relatively porous (common pottery), but some are more or less vitrified (stoneware or engineering bricks) and are then used in constructional work calling for great mechanical strength or resistance to acids (e.g., in chemical plant)."

10. What is Alliteration? Here’s a quick and simple definition: Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “ B ob b rought the b ox of b ricks to the b asement.” The repeating sound must occur either in the first letter of each word, or in the stressed syllables of those words.