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carrick¹

noun carricks

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of carrack
  2. nonce word A greatcoat. […] here there was little hairy Pushkin in a fur carrick, and ratlike Gogol in a flamboyant waistcoat, and old little Tolstoy with his fat nose […]

Carrick²

Where it comes from

Anglicised version of Irish carraig, Scottish Gaelic carraig or Cornish karrek, all meaning rock. Doublet of Craig.

proper noun Karrick

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  3. A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
  4. A former local government district of Cornwall, England, named after the fjord-like Carrick Roads estuary; it was abolished on 31 March 2009.
  5. A rocky coastal district now in in South Ayrshire, Scotland and part of the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament constituency and the eponymous UK Parliament constituency. (describing a siren seen in a group of otherwise decrepit old witches dancing) There was ae winsome wench and waulie / That night enlisted in the core, / Lang after ken'd on Carrick shore; / (For mony a beast to dead she shot, / And perish'd mony a bonie boat, ...)
  6. A locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  7. A locality in Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  8. A Scottish earldom bestowed on the heir apparent to the reigning monarchs first of Scotland (since Robert the Bruce in 1292) and later of the United Kingdom.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fergus, rede, shannon, carrig, carr, carrigan, mccarrick, carraher, carlan, mccarren, mccarron, mccarry, craig, corr, caffrey, mccarroll

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"carrick." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carrick. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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carrick. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carrick

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"carrick." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carrick.

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@misc{carrick_2026,
  title = {carrick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carrick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}