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rickrack

rickrack

1 8.2
A narrow ribbon with a zigzag edge used to decorate clothes and fabric
  • noun
  • /ˈrɪkˌræk/
translation icon : ricrac
  • Not brikbrak but rickrack!
  • rickrack trim

Examples

  • The craft project called for colorful rickrack to embellish the pillow covers.

  • To add a decorative touch, I sewed rickrack along the hem of my dress.

  • The rickrack and these three things?

  • We've also got this, which they have it labeled rickrack cactus shark right here, which is a little bit different than our other one, which is right here.

  • The words she spoke when at her sewing machine seemed ancient to me, and she was the only one I'd ever heard using them: "rickrack," "grosgrain," "dotted swiss."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • She chose a bright blue rickrack to trim the edges of her handmade quilt.

Synonyms

ruffle
vsrickrack
21 5.6

A strip of gathered cloth used as a decorative edge on clothes

is fuller and made by gathering fabric rather than a thin shaped trim
braiding
vsrickrack
4 3.9

A decorative strip made by weaving threads to decorate clothes, curtains, or furniture

is formed as a narrow zigzag ribbon rather than being interwoven
ricrac
vsrickrack
  • Specialized
9.8

A narrow ribbon with a zigzag edge for decorating clothes or fabric

is the variant spelling of the same decorative trim

How Decorative

lace
79 2.0
embroidery
20 4.7
rickrack
1 8.2
braid
6 2.8
piping
  • Specialized
5 5.5
binding
17 3.9

Surface Forms

rickrack singular
rickracks plural

Etymology

Rickrack likely comes from the French phrase ric-rac, an imitative word that copies a quick 'back-and-forth' sound. So a rickrack is a narrow braided trim that runs in a zigzag, and thinking of the 'ric-rac' sound helps you remember its zigzag shape.