as in cramps
a painful sudden tightening of a muscle
got a crick in my neck from sleeping while sitting up
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“Cricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cricks. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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