crick

• Rhymes: -ɪk

crick (plural cricks)

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. (Compare catch.)
2. A small jackscrew.

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crick (third-person singular simple present cricks, present participle cricking, simple past and past participle cricked)

1. To violently spasm.

crick (plural cricks)

1. (Appalachia) Alternative form of creek

See creak.

crick (plural cricks)

1. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

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