derrick
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derrick¹
- /ˈdɛɹɪk/
Sounds like Derek · Rhymes with -ɛɹɪk
Where it comes from
Named after British executioner Thomas Derrick, who invented the framework arrangement commonly known by this name to aid in the conduct of executions. First use appears c. 1600 in the publication Ballad Death Earl Essex.
noun derricks
- A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects. They count their ships full tale— / Their corn and oil and wine, / Derrick and loom and bale, / And rampart’s gun-flecked line; / City by City they hail: / “Hast aught to match with mine?”
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A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
Similar: oil derrick
- An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman.
verb derricks · derricking · derricked
- To hoist with, or as if with, a derrick.
- To remove (a pitcher). Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin.
Derrick²
- /ˈdɛɹɪk/
Sounds like Derek · Rhymes with -ɛɹɪk
proper noun Derricks
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: man, blessing, derek, dragline, dumper, drag, dolly, drott, dumper truck, digger, disher, dredger, monkeyboard, davit, desert dolly, dredge
Translations
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noun device used for lifting and moving large objects
| Español | machina, cabria |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 起重機 /起重机 qǐzhòngjī |
| Deutsch | Ladebaum, Lademast, Kranbaum, Kranmast, Montagekran, Ladekran |
| Русский | кран kran, подъёмная стрела́ podʺjómnaja strelá, подъёмник podʺjómnik, подъёмный кран podʺjómnyj kran |
noun framework constructed over a mine or oil well
| Español | torre petrolera, torre penetracional |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 鑽井架 /钻井架 zuànjǐngjià, 鑽塔 /钻塔 zuàntǎ |
| Português | torre de perfuração |
| Deutsch | Bohrturm |
| Русский | вы́шка výška, бурова́я вы́шка burovája výška |
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