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Noun rick has 2 senses

crick, rick, wrick - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
--₁ is a kind of spasm, cramp, muscle spasm

Derived form: verb rick₂
haystack, hayrick, rick - a stack of hay
--₂ is a kind of stack
--₂ has particulars: haycock
Derived form: verb rick₁

Verb rick has 2 senses

rick - pile in ricks; "rick hay"
--₁ is one way to stack, pile, heap

Derived form: noun rick₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick - twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
--₂ is one way to injure, wound

Derived form: noun rick₁
Sample sentence:
Did he rick his foot?