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)
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 nameDefinition of Crick (Entry 4 of 4)
Francis Harry Compton 1916–2004 British biophysicist
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The first known use of crick was in the 15th century
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