derrick /ˈdɛɹɪk/noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •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?” — 1894 •A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes. •(no longer used) An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman. verb2 •To hoist with, or as if with, a derrick. •(informal) 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. — 2012 formsderricked · derricking · derricks
