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crick

1 [krik]
–noun
1. a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
–verb (used with object)
2. to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.).

Origin:
1400–50; late ME crikke, perh. akin to crick 2

crick

2 [krik]
–noun Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.
creek (def. 1).

Crick

[krik]
–noun
Francis Harry Compton, 1916–2004, English biophysicist: Nobel prize for medicine 1962.
crick 1     (krĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A painful cramp or muscle spasm, as in the back or neck.
tr.v.   cricked, crick·ing, cricks
To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching.

[Middle English crike.]
crick 2     (krĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Upper Northern & Western U.S.
Variant of creek. See Regional Note at run.
Crick     (krĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
British biologist who with James D. Watson proposed a spiral model, the double helix, for the molecular structure of DNA. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for advances in the study of genetics.

crick 
c.1424, of uncertain origin; OED says "probably onomatopoeic," but it is difficult to imagine of what.

crick

noun
1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British) 
2. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) 

verb
1. twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck" 

Crick   (krĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
British biologist who with James D. Watson identified the structure of DNA in 1953. By analyzing the patterns cast by x-rays striking DNA molecules, they found that DNA has the structure of a double helix, consisting of two spirals linked together at the base, forming ladderlike rungs. For this work they shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Maurice Wilkins.

crick (krĭk)
n.
A painful cramp or muscle spasm, as in the back or neck. v. cricked, crick·ing, cricks
To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching.

Crick (krĭk), Francis Henry Compton. Born 1916.

British biologist who with James D. Watson proposed a spiral model, the double helix, for the molecular structure of DNA. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for advances in the study of genetics.


Main Entry: 1crick
Pronunciation: 'krik
Function: noun
: a painful spasmodic condition of muscles (as of the neck or back)


Main Entry: 2crick
Function: transitive verb
: to cause a crick in (as the neck)

Crick

Crick\ (kr[i^]k), n. [See Creak.] The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] --Johnson.

Crick

Crick\, n. [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.

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