crick

crick ¹

 (krĭk)

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

 (krĭk)

n. Upper Northern & Western US

Variant of creek.. See Note at run.

crick

(krɪk)

n

(Physiology) a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp in the neck or back

vb

(Physiology) (tr) to cause a crick in (the neck, back, etc)

[C15: of uncertain origin]

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crick

(krɪk)

n

(Physical Geography) US and Canadian a dialect word for creek²

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Crick

(krɪk)

n

(Biography) Francis Harry Compton. 1916–2004, 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

crick¹

(krɪk)

n.

1. a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.

v.t.

2. to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.).

[1400–50; late Middle English crikke, perhaps akin to crick²]

crick²

(krɪk)

n. Northern and Western U.S.

creek (def. 1).

Crick

(krɪk)

n.

Francis Harry Compton, born 1916, English biophysicist: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1962.

crick

Past participle: cricked
Gerund: cricking

Imperative

crick

crick

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"

crick

(Informal)

noun

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

verb

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

Translations

crampoprendersi un torcicollotorcicollo

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