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rick

verbsea

quick upward tug to haul fish

To haul a fish from the water by a quick upward tug on the line and hook.

Example in use

A seen him rick a muckle cod intae the boat.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/RIK/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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