Crick

Crick  (krk), Francis Henry Compton 1916-2004.

British biologist who with James D. Watson proposed a spiral model, the double helix, for the molecular structure of DNA. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for advances in the study of genetics.

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crick ¹  (krk)

n.

A painful cramp or muscle spasm, as in the back or neck.

tr.v. cricked, crick·ing, cricks

To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching.

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[Middle English crike.]

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crick ²  (krk)

n. Upper Northern & Western U.S.

Variant of creek. See Regional Note at run.

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Crick [krɪk]

n

(Biographies / Crick, Francis Harry Compton (1916 M, English, SCIENCE: biologist) Francis Harry Compton. born 1916, English molecular biologist: helped to discover the helical structure of DNA; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins 1962

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crick¹ Informal

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp in the neck or back

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (tr) to cause a crick in (the neck, back, etc.)

[of uncertain origin]

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crick²

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) US and Canadian a dialect word for creek [2]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crick - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) kink, rick, wrick Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom cramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
	2.	Crick - English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick
Verb	1.	crick - twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck" twist - turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"

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crick (Informal)

noun

spasm, cramp, convulsion, twinge I've got a crick in my neck from looking up at the screen.

verb

rick, jar, wrench I cricked my back from sitting in the same position for too long.

Translations

crick [krɪk]

A. N to have a crick in one's neck/back → tener tortícolis/lumbago

B. VT to crick one's neck → tener tortícolis
to crick one's back → tener un ataque de lumbago

crick [ˈkrɪk] n (in back) → tour m de reins
to have a crick in one's neck → avoir un torticolis

crick

n a crick in one’s neck/back → ein steifes Genick/ein steifer Rücken

vt to crick one’s neck/back → sich (dat) → ein steifes Genick/einen steifen Rücken zuziehen

crick [krɪk]

1. n crick in the neck → torcicollo
crick in the back → dolore m alla schiena

2. vt to crick one's neck → prendere il torcicollo
to crick one's back → farsi male alla schiena