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Webster 1913 Edition


Crick

Crick

(krĭk)
,
Noun.
[See
Creak
.]
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
[Obs.]
Johnson.

Crick

,
Noun.
[The same as
creek
a bending, twisting. See
Creek
,
Crook
.]
1.
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.
To those also that, with a
crick
or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward.
Holland.
2.
[Cf. F.
cric
.]
A small jackscrew.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crick

CRICK

,
Noun.
[See Creak.]
1.
The creaking of a door. [Not used.]
2.
A spasmodic affection of some part of the body, as of the neck or back; local spasm or cramp.

Definition 2024


Crick

Crick

See also: crick

English

Proper noun

Crick

  1. A village in Northamptonshire, England
  2. A habitational surname derived from the placename
  3. Francis Crick co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

crick

crick

See also: Crick

English

Noun

crick (plural cricks)

  1. A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)
  2. A small jackscrew.
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Translations

Verb

crick (third-person singular simple present cricks, present participle cricking, simple past and past participle cricked)

  1. to violently spasm.

Etymology 2

Noun

crick (plural cricks)

  1. (Appalachia) Alternative form of creek

Etymology 3

See creak.

Noun

crick (plural cricks)

  1. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
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