Crick Definition

krĭk
cricks
noun
cricks
A painful muscle spasm or cramp in the neck, back, etc.
Webster's New World

Creek.

Webster's New World

A small jackscrew.

Wiktionary

(Appalachian) Alternative form of creek.

Wiktionary

The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

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Synonyms:
verb
cricks
To cause a crick in.
Webster's New World
To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching.
American Heritage
To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching.
American Heritage Medicine
pronoun

A village in Northamptonshire, England.

Wiktionary

A habitational surname derived from the placename.

Wiktionary
Francis Crick co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
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Other Word Forms of Crick

Noun

Singular:
crick
Plural:
cricks

Origin of Crick

  • Middle English crike

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See creak.

    From Wiktionary

Crick Sentence Examples

  • She shifted her attention to the fire and rubbed the beginnings of a crick from her neck.

  • Suddenly I am about average height instead of getting a crick in my neck talking to people.

  • I strongly encourage citizenship education practitioners to attend, ', said Bernard Crick.

  • It is known locally as the crick Stone, and is believed to have healing powers for a crick in the back.

  • Watson and Crick used paper cutouts of the bases and metal scraps from a machine shop to come up with their own model.

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Words Starting With

CCRCRI

Words Ending With

KCKICK

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