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Word entry · 4 letters

rick

Best crossword clue

"Sprain by twisting"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cikrStarts with REnds with K2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. twist suddenly so as to sprain

Word origin

From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Scots ruk (“rick”), Norwegian ruka (“rick, haystack”). Related also to Old English hrēac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Icelandic hraukur, Irish cruach. Doublet of croagh.

Used in a sentence

  • There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;[…].
  • No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Sprain by twisting4 letters
02Twist painfully4 letters

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