crick
1a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.).
Origin of crick
1Other definitions for crick (2 of 3)
Other definitions for Crick (3 of 3)
Francis Harry Compton, 1916–2004, English biophysicist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1962.
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How to use crick in a sentence
Close by them the odd man was strutting in stiff, ungainly attitudes, cricking his neck and elbows, and tossing up his toes.
The Field of Clover | Laurence HousmanBy cricking your neck from my window, Mr Babylon, you can get a glimpse of the Embankment and the river.
The Grand Babylon Hotel | Arnold Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for crick (1 of 3)
/ (krɪk) informal /
a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp in the neck or back
(tr) to cause a crick in (the neck, back, etc)
Origin of crick
1British Dictionary definitions for crick (2 of 3)
/ (krɪk) /
US and Canadian a dialect word for creek (def. 2)
British Dictionary definitions for Crick (3 of 3)
/ (krɪk) /
Francis Harry Compton. 1916–2004, English molecular biologist: helped to discover the helical structure of DNA; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins 1962
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Scientific definitions for Crick
[ krĭk ]
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.
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