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derrick
/ˈdɛɹɪk/
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What does derrick mean?
noun
- A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
- A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
verb
- To hoist with, or as if with, a derrick.
More meanings (4)
verb
- (informal) To remove (a pitcher).
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.
- A surname.
noun
- (obsolete) An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɛɹɪk/
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They fail because instead of having the barrel do the uplifting, they try to do it with a derrick.
The lightning showed us the wreck again just in time, and we fetched the stabboard derrick, and made fast there.
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Ashore, Wild had rigged a derrick, using for its construction two of the wireless royal masts.
We now went in the direction of the house, passed its western end, and soon arrived at an erection that looked like a derrick.
Regularly about sundown this rude barrier was swung, like a derrick, across the road and made fast, I think, to a tree upon the farther side.