wrick

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To twist; turn
2. To wrench; strain

Noun

A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back

Concepts

tordre

adresser

détourner

disloquer

entorse

passer

pencher

retourner

tourner

aborder

avérer

Synonymes

rick

sprain

wrench

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twist

turn

wrest

wring

crick

kink

mangle

warp

contort

luxate

distort

dislocate

distord

pull

strain

Traductions

verdraaien

storcere

contorcer

vertrekken

retorcer

torcer

slogare

twijnen

verbuigen

verwringen

wringen

drehen

tòrcer

ringen

ausrenken

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wricken

Appartenant à néerlandais: wrikken

Appartenant à bas-allemand: wriggen

Appartenant à danois: vrikke

Appartenant à suédois: vricka

In summary

From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”).
See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”).