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crick
(kr/I/k )

noun (n)

  • a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    kink, rick, wrick
    source: wordnet30
  • English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    francis crick, francis henry compton crick
    source: wordnet30
  • The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • twist (a body part) into a strained position(verb.body)
    Example:
    Crick your neck.
    source: wordnet30
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