crick Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
    wrick; rick; kink.
  2. noun English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
    Francis Crick; Francis Henry Compton Crick.
  3. verb twist (a body part) into a strained position
    • crick your neck

WordNet

Crick noun
Etymology
See Creak.
Definitions
  1. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. Obs. Johnson.
Crick noun
Etymology
The same as creek a bending, twisting. See Creek, Crook.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913