A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching
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"
If you rick your neck, you hurt it by pulling or twisting it in an unusual way. Kernaghan missed the United game after he ricked his neck He recovered from a ricked neck
{f} form into heaps, stack, pile; twist, sprain, strain a joint or muscle by twisting (also wrick)
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
A rick is a large pile of dried grass or straw that is built in a regular shape and kept in a field until it is needed. To pile into ricks. a large pile of straw or grass that is kept in a field until it is needed = haystack. rick your back/neck to twist and slightly injure your back or neck American Equivalent: wrench