crick

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 Informal

Noun

a painful muscle spasm or cramp in the neck or back

Verb

to cause a crick in [origin unknown]

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 1. spasm, cramp, convulsion, twinge

verb 2. rick, jar, wrench

Translations

crick [krɪk] n crick in the neck → tortícolis f inv

crick [krɪk] n → crampe f;

crick in the neck → torticolis m

crick [krɪk] n → Krampf m

crick [krɪk] n → crampo;

crick in the neck → torcicollo