crick

noun (1)

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\ ˈkrik

Definition of crick

(Entry 1 of 4)

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

crick

verb

cricked; cricking; cricks

Definition of crick (Entry 2 of 4)

transitive verb

1 : to cause a crick in crick one's neck

2 : to turn or twist (something, such as one's head) especially into a strained position

crick

noun (2)

plural cricks

Definition of crick (Entry 3 of 4)

dialectal

: creek sense 1 I grew up fishing on little cricks with my dad.— C. W. Welch

Crick

biographical name

\ ˈkrik

Definition of Crick (Entry 4 of 4)

Francis Harry Compton 1916–2004 British biophysicist

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Synonyms: Noun (1)

Examples of crick in a Sentence

Noun (1) got a crick in my neck from sleeping while sitting up Verb He cricked his back sleeping on the sofa.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun If watching from your sofa or bed gives you a crick in your neck? — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, "TV wall mounts to maximise your viewing experience," 23 Feb. 2021 Yet most of us reach a day when merely sleeping in the wrong position on a pillow that’s too soft or too flat brings on a crick in the neck that sticks around for days. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, "This Best-Selling Amazon Pillow Set Has Over 7,000 Five-Star Reviews Alone," 10 June 2020 So massage that crick in your neck, put on your blue-light glasses and settle down with these digital offerings. — Scottie Andrew, CNN, "These 12 essential apps will make quarantine bearable," 18 Apr. 2020 The hunters cruise slowly and look for them out the windows, and get cricks in their necks from it. — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, "The Snakes That Ate Florida," 11 July 2019 Pirates fans got a crick in their necks, from trying to avoid looking at their future, which looks like their past, which was mostly terrible. — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, "Doc: Pirates fire sale bad for baseball," 16 Jan. 2018 His neck was stiff, as if there were a crick on both sides. — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, "Tests Indicated His Infection Was Getting Better. Why Did He Feel Worse?," 1 Feb. 2018 The lobby occupies the old Terminal Station, a Beaux-Arts structure that was built in 1909 and causes neck cricks with its 82-foot-high ceiling dome. — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, "Where to stay, eat and explore in Chattanooga, Tenn.," 25 Sep. 2017 Frolics fireworks are back so that Monday morning crick in your neck will be worth the trouble. — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "If you're not at a street party this weekend, you're not doing it right.," 13 July 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The gear selector for the standard six-speed manual gearbox also is a mite too far back in the cabin, cricking elbows during shifts into the even-numbered ratios. — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, "Dallara Stradale: A Racing Legend Hits the Road," 23 Mar. 2018

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