Definitions for crickkrɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
crickkrɪk(n.)
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
Category: Pathology
(v.t.)to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.).
Category: Pathology
Origin of crick:
1400–50; late ME crikke, perh. akin to crick2
crick*krɪk(n.)
Category: Dialect
Ref: creek (def. 1). 1 1
* Northern and Western U.S..
Crickkrɪk(n.)
Francis Harry Compton, born 1916, English biophysicist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1962.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
crick, kink, rick, wrick(noun)
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick(verb)
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
crick(verb)
twist (a body part) into a strained position
"crick your neck"
Wiktionary
crick(Noun)
A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)
crick(Verb)
to violently spasm.
Crick(ProperNoun)
A village in Northamptonshire, England
Crick(ProperNoun)
A habitational surname derived from the placename
Crick(ProperNoun)
Francis Crick co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
Webster Dictionary
Crick(noun)
the creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it
Crick(noun)
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
Crick(noun)
a small jackscrew
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