Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crick"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crick \Crick\ (kr[i^]k), n. [See {Creak}.]
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.]
--Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crick
n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
(`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: {rick}, {wrick}]
2: English biochemist who helped discover the helical structure
of DNA (born in 1916) [syn: {Crick}, {Francis Crick}, {Francis
Henry Compton Crick}]
v : twist the head into a strained position
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