Usually means: Crane for lifting and moving.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word derrick:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. derrick: Merriam-Webster
  2. Derrick, derrick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. derrick: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. derrick: Collins English Dictionary
  5. derrick: Vocabulary.com
  6. Derrick: Wordnik
  7. derrick: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Derrick, derrick: Wiktionary
  9. derrick: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. derrick: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. derrick: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Derrick, derrick: Dictionary.com
  13. derrick: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. derrick: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Derrick (TV series), Derrick (disambiguation), Derrick (lifting device), Derrick (name), Derrick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Derrick: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. derrick: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. derrick: Rhymezone
  19. Derrick: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. derrick: FreeDictionary.org
  21. derrick: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. derrick: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. derrick: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. derrick: Wordnik
  25. Derrick: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  26. derrick: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Derrick (lifting device), derrick: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. derrick: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. derrick: A Word A Day

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. derrick, derrick, derrick: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Derrick: Urban Dictionary
  3. Derrick: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)
  4. Derrick: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See derricking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
noun:  A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
noun:  (obsolete) An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman.
verb:  (transitive) To hoist with, or as if with, a derrick.
verb:  (transitive, baseball, informal) To remove (a pitcher).
noun:  A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.

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