Definitions for Derrick

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Derrick der·rick

Spelling: [der-ik]

IPA: /ˈdɛr ɪk/

Derrick is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in Derrick (cdeikrr).

Definitions for Derrick

noun

1. Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
2. Also called oil derrick. the towerlike framework over an oil well or the like.
3. a boom for lifting cargo, pivoted at its inner end to a ship's mast or kingpost, and raised and supported at its outer end by topping lifts.

verb (used with or without object)

1. Machinery. luff.

Origin of Derrick

originally a hangman, the gallows, after the surname of a well-known Tyburn hangman, circa 1600

Examples for Derrick

The cable that ran from it was entangled with the wreckage of the derrick, but it had not been cut.

Wisbech said he wished to see derrick Nasmyth, and the man nodded.

derrick, now 22, was also diagnosed with ADHD at a young age.

Most of the barges had derrick masts, and all these masts were moving.

And there, where the derrick had stood, was a tall plume of white.

Tuff cared for derrick and his older sister, LaVita, while working two or three jobs at a time.

Where the derrick had stood was the mouth of the twenty-inch casing.

“derrick Thompson told police officers that he did not feel threatened by Mr. Pak and his actions,” he said.

“After the withdraw, they realized that firefighter Craig-Lewis was missing,” said Philadelphia Fire Commissioner derrick Sawyer.

derrick “Pimp Snooky” Avery was sent away for 20 years in 2010.