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1. (n.) crick
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
2. (v.t.) crick
to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.).
3. (n.) Crick
Francis Harry Compton, born 1916, English biophysicist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1962.
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| Definition of 'Crick' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) crick, kink, rick, wrick
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
2. (verb) Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
3. (verb) crick
twist (a body part) into a strained position
"crick your neck"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Crick
the creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it
2. (noun) Crick
a painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part
3. (noun) Crick
a small jackscrew
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