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Definitions: Derrick |
DerrickNoun1. A framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered. 2. A simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Derrick" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the ruler of the people". |
Date "derrick" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | Derricks seen in a dream, indicate strife and obstruction in your way to success. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | A device for hoisting and lowering loads, having a boom pivoted at its heel, the head of which may be swung(within the limits imposed by the heel pivot and/or the operating machinery)in a horizontal or a vertical plane. The boom may be slewed into any position by means of guys as desired. The operating machinery is fixed to the ship's structure and is independent of the boom. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Derrick A hangman; a temporary crane to remove goods from the hold of a vessel. So called from Derrick, the Tyburn hangman early in the seventeenth century, who for more than a hundred years gave his name to gibbets. (See Hangman.) "He rides circuit with the devil, and Derrick must be his host, and Tyborne the inn at which he will light." - Bellman of London, 1616. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. The framed wood or steel tower placed over a borehole to support the drilling tools for hoisting and pulling drill rods, casing, or pipe. Sometimes incorrectly called a tower b. The framework over a borehole, used primarily to allow lengths of drill rod to be added to the drilling column c. A three- (or more) legged framework for supporting drill rods and tackle in deep boring; a temporary three-legged headframe, or headgear,for a shaft. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | DERRICK. The name of the finisher of the law, or hangman about the year 1608.--'For he rides his circuit with the Devil, and Derrick must be his host, and Tiburne the inne at which he will lighte.' Vide Bellman of London, in art. PRIGGIN LAW.--'At the gal. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Transportation | Hoisting apparatus employing a tackle rigged at the end of a beam. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Elevation | Lever; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Derrick (1974) | |
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 | Figure 48. The stern derrick of the "Porcupine," showing the accumulator, the dredge, and the mode of stowing the rope. Library Call Number GC75 .T48 2nd ed. 1874.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | African American farmers, Lola B Knox and her son Derrick grow sweet corn, hot peppers, sweet potatos, butter beans, and snap beans for market on their farm in Amite County, MS.Credit: USDA. |
 | Oil rig derrick with drill pipe.Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | At Boston, Massachusetts, 1917, with her topsides crowded with men. Panoramic photograph by the George Photo Company, Boston. USN Derrick Barge # 13 is at left, and USN Coal Barge # 52 is alongside America in the right center.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Operating in the Sea of Japan, 3 September 1958, while serving as a torpedo retriever in an exercise. Torpedoes are on board, and a derrick is rigged on deck aft. TSL-24 was originally the Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura, completed in 1945 and transferred to the USSR in 1947. This is a halftoned image.Credit: NAVY. |  | Claude Derrick.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Looking up in an oil derrick. Roughneck inserting lengths of pipe into the elevator for pulling the casings. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Oil field worker at derrick, Kilgore, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Derrick. Crane silhoutted against evening sky.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Burk-northwest extension, panographed from the Texas Co.'s derrick top on block 82 opposite Golden Cycle well featuring blocks 74-75-76-73-82-83-84, etc.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Derrick" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 85.88% of the time. "Derrick" is used about 85 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 85.88% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.76% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.35% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 85 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "derrick" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Derrick | First name Male | 103,000 | 178 |
| Derrick | Last name | 4,000 | 3,330 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Derrick" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the ruler of the people". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Derrick." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Theodoric | Male | Ancient Germanic | N/A |
| Derek | Male | English | Theodoric |
| Derick | Male | English | Derek |
| Derrick | Male | English | Derek |
| Deryck | Male | English | Derek |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "derrick": Derrick City ♦ Derrick crane ♦ derrick girt ♦ derrick girth ♦ derrick truck ♦ Floating derrick. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "derrick": oil-derrick. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
derrick lee todd | 275 | derrick jeter | 14 |
derrick | 242 | derrick cope | 14 |
city derrick oil | 148 | derrick nix | 14 |
derrick dna lee louisiana serial slayings todd | 90 | derrick anderson | 12 |
derrick dna lee louisiana todd | 57 | derrick desilva | 10 |
derrick newspaper | 46 | derrick mosley | 10 |
derrick thomas | 45 | derrick nault | 8 |
derrick zimmerman | 44 | derrick bell | 8 |
derrick dodge | 40 | derrick fisher | 8 |
bo derrick | 38 | derrick alexander | 8 |
derrick brook | 33 | derrick crane | 8 |
derrick lee | 33 | derrick brown | 8 |
oil derrick | 29 | derrick williams | 8 |
digger derrick | 24 | city derrick oil pa | 8 |
derrick carter | 20 | derrick city pa | 7 |
derrick coleman | 20 | derrick truck | 7 |
derrick jensen | 19 | derrick gibson | 7 |
derrick may | 18 | derrick jones | 6 |
caracter derrick | 17 | oil derrick picture | 6 |
city derrick newspaper oil | 14 | derrick smith | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "derrick"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Vinç (crane), Kullë Shpimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المرفاع أداة رافعة, رافعة (hoist, jack, lever, lift, rig, whip, winch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | "ерик-кран, "ерик, Бесилка, Сондажна Кула. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 井架. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Jeřáb (crane, Rowan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | derrikkran (derrick crane), lossebom (cargo boom, cargo derrick), lastebom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | derrickkraan (derrick crane), overslagkraan, laadboom (cargo boom, cargo derrick, davit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | جرثقیل (Crane, Lift), دکل کشتی , باجرثقیل حمل کردن , برج چاه کنی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Derrick-nosturi (derrick crane), Derricknosturi (derrick crane), Derrickin nosturi (derrick crane), nostopuomi (boom, boom attachment, erection mast, erection pole, hoisting mast), lastipuomi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mât de charge (cargo derrick, standing derrick), derrick (derrick crane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ladebaum (cargo boom, cargo derrick, davit), Kranbaum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όεγάλοσ "ερανόσ, γερανός (crane, tower crane), μπίγα, περιστρεφόμενος γερανός (derrick crane), παλάγκο πλοίου (cargo boom, cargo derrick), φορτωτήρας (feeder, loader), "ερανόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ֲל'לת, ־"ל", ־ וף (Jack), ׂ'ורן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Fúrótorony (oil rig, oil-derrick, rig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mesin derek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | albero di carico (cargo boom, cargo derrick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 起重機 (crane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きじゅうき (crane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 탑. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | derrick. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | lossebom, lastebom, boretårn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | errickday Grua (crane, jib crane, tower crane). (various references) Sondã (Bob, lead, probe, sound, well), Macara (camel, crane, whim, winch, windlass). (various references) Кран, "еррик, Буровая 'ышка, Стрела Крана (Gib). (various references) dizalica (crab, crane, elevator, hoist, jack, jack-lift, jenny, lifter, shear-legs, sheer-legs), kran (crane). (various references) Grúa (breakdown lorry, crane, hoist, jib crane, tow). (various references) Lastkran. (various references) Vinç (crab, crane, gantry crane, hoist, hoisting crane, hoisting engine, lifter, lifting jack, winch, windlass), Petrol Kuyusu Ýskelesi, Bumba (boom). (various references) Підйомна Стріла, "ерик-кран, Бурова 'ишка. (various references) cần trục, cần cẩu gi n giếng dầu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "derrick": derricks. (additional references) | |
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"Derrick" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Berrick, Darrach, Darracq, Darrick, Darroch, Decrucq, Dereck, derick, Derijcke, derik, D'erik, derlick, deroc, Derreck, derrik, derrish, Derryk, Derynck, Dieric, Dirck, Djeric, Dowrick, Druick, Durock, Durrock, Gericke, Gerrick, jerrak, Terrick, tirrick. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "derrick" (pronounced de"rik) |
| 4 | -e" r i k | alphanumeric, atmospheric, cleric, esoteric, generic, hysteric, ionospheric, mesenteric, numeric. |
| 3 | -r i k | anthropocentric, Baldric, barbaric, barometric, boric, caloric, choric, citric, concentric, dissymmetric, eccentric, econometric, egocentric, electric, ethnocentric, euphoric, fabric, gastric, geocentric, geometric, geriatric, gravimetric, hemispheric, historic, hydroelectric, hyperbaric, lyric, mercuric, meteoric, metric, nitric, obstetric, optometric, parametric, pediatric, photoelectric, pinprick, prehistoric, psychiatric, pyrrhic, rubric, satiric, sophomoric, stearic, stratospheric, sulfuric, tantric, vampiric, vitric. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-k-r-r" | |
-1 letter: dicker, ricked. | |
-2 letters: cider, cried, crier, dicer, diker, direr, dreck, drier, icker, irked, riced, ricer, rider. | |
-3 letters: cedi, cire, deck, dice, dick, dike, dire, dirk, drek, iced, ired, keir, kier, reck, rice, rick, ride. | |
-4 letters: die, err, ice, ick, ire, irk, kid, kir, rec, red, rei, rid. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, er, id, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-k-r-r" | |
+1 letter: derricks, redbrick. | |
+2 letters: redbricks. | |
+3 letters: dropkicker, undertrick. | |
+4 letters: blackbirder, dropkickers, undertricks. | |
+5 letters: blackbirders, crackbrained. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 72 72 69 63 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .-. .-. .. -.-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01110010 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e r r i c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0072 0072 0069 0063 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38718484756977 |
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