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1crick

noun \ˈkrik\

Definition of CRICK

: a painful spasmodic condition of muscles (as of the neck or back)
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Examples of CRICK

  1. <got a crick in my neck from sleeping while sitting up>

Origin of CRICK

Middle English cryk
First Known Use: 15th century

Related to CRICK

Synonyms
charley horse, 1cramp, kink, spasm

Rhymes with CRICK

brick, chick, click, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, hick, kick, KWIC, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, wick

2crick

transitive verb

Definition of CRICK

1
: to cause a crick in (as the neck)
2
: to turn or twist (as the head) especially into a strained position

Examples of CRICK

  1. He cricked his back sleeping on the sofa.

First Known Use of CRICK

1884

Crick

biographical name \ˈkrik\

Definition of CRICK

Francis Harry Compton 1916–2004 British biophysicist

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