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crick (krik)

noun

a painful muscle spasm or cramp in the neck, back, etc.

Etymology: LME crykke < ON kriki, bend: see creek

transitive verb

to cause a crick in
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crick (krik)

noun

☆ Dialectal creek (sense )
Crick definition

Crick (krik)

Crick, Francis H(arry) C(ompton) 1916-2004; Eng. scientist: helped determine the structure of DNA

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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