crick

Noun

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.
2. A small jackscrew.

Verb

1. To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
2. To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
3. To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crike

Cognate with Old Norse: kriki

In summary

From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.

Synonyms

cramp

sprain

kink

rick

wrench

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wrick

spasm

muscle spasm

strain

tic

turn

twist

contort

wring

dislocate

distort

pang

prise

quirk

muscle cramp

screw up

stiff neck

Translations

verrenken

torticoli

ausrenken

Muskelkrampf

νευροκαβαλίκεμα

στραβολαίμιασμα

absurdité

crampe

entorse

illogique

slogare

torcicollo

kramp

uitstrekken

stijfheid