crick

as in cramp
a painful sudden tightening of a muscle got a crick in my neck from sleeping while sitting up

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“Crick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crick. Accessed 8 May. 2024.

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