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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.
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crick 1   (krĭk)   
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)   
n.   Upper Northern & Western U.S.
Variant of creek. See Regional Note at run.
Crick   (krĭk)   
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.
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Word Origin & History

crick 
c.1424, of uncertain origin; OED says "probably onomatopoeic," but it is difficult to imagine of what.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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.

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