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Noun: crick  krik
  1. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
    "He woke up with a crick in his neck after sleeping in an awkward position";
    - kink [N. Amer], rick [Brit], wrick [Brit]
Verb: crick  krik
  1. Twist (a body part) into a strained position
    "crick your neck"
Noun: Crick  krik
  1. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
    - Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick

Derived forms: cricked, cricking, cricks

Type of: biochemist, cramp, muscle spasm, spasm, twist

Encyclopedia: Crick, Monmouthshire