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crick

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. crick (noun)
  2. crick (verb)

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

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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

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