"crick" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crick.wav Forms: cricks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: From Middle English crike, crikke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crike|crike, crikke|muscular spasm of the neck}} Middle English crike, crikke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), {{cog|non|kriki||bend; nook}} Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Translations (muscular cramp or spasm): разтягане (raztjagane) (Bulgarian), схващане (shvaštane) (Bulgarian), rándulás (Hungarian), torcicollo (english: crick of the neck) [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-crick-en-noun-FyM0JtZc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 25 2 12 19 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 1 28 3 11 21 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 1 24 2 11 27 12 Disambiguation of 'muscular cramp or spasm': 99 1
  2. A small jackscrew.
    Sense id: en-crick-en-noun-WuNNIzaT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɹɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crick.wav Forms: cricks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: See creek. Head templates: {{en-noun}} crick (plural cricks)
  1. (Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Alternative form of creek Tags: Appalachia, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: creek
    Sense id: en-crick-en-noun-h2EM0JLn Categories (other): Appalachian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 25 2 12 19 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 1 28 3 11 21 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 1 24 2 11 27 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /kɹɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crick.wav Forms: cricks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: See creak. Head templates: {{en-noun}} crick (plural cricks)
  1. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
    Sense id: en-crick-en-noun-IncYd6O6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /kɹɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crick.wav Forms: cricks [present, singular, third-person], cricking [participle, present], cricked [participle, past], cricked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: From Middle English crike, crikke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crike|crike, crikke|muscular spasm of the neck}} Middle English crike, crikke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), {{cog|non|kriki||bend; nook}} Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} crick (third-person singular simple present cricks, present participle cricking, simple past and past participle cricked)
  1. To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
    Sense id: en-crick-en-verb-nEJqki2r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 25 2 12 19 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 1 28 3 11 21 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 1 24 2 11 27 12
  2. To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
    Sense id: en-crick-en-verb-2i-agOK8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 25 2 12 19 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 2 17 35 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 1 28 3 11 21 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 1 24 2 11 27 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 2 21 38 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 2 20 38 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 1 19 39 20
  3. To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.
    Sense id: en-crick-en-verb-6CR~cMQy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 25 2 12 19 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 1 24 2 11 27 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cricky, uncrick
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "raztjagane",
      "sense": "muscular cramp or spasm",
      "word": "разтягане"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "shvaštane",
      "sense": "muscular cramp or spasm",
      "word": "схващане"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "muscular cramp or spasm",
      "word": "rándulás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "crick of the neck",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "muscular cramp or spasm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "torcicollo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crick"
}

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          "text": "“He's upstairs.” As soon as she said this, a loud knocking came from the crawl space below. Katrín was so startled that her neck cricked painfully as she looked down. Adrenalin rushed through her veins and the pain in her fingers disappeared.",
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          "ref": "2011, Camy Tang, Protection for Hire: A Novel, Zondervan, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He stopped a few feet from her, probably because he'd have to crick his neck to glare at her and that would just be embarrassing for him. “Dealing with garbage suits you.”",
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          "text": "The throbbing pain that even now was coursing through his neck and shoulders, making him crick his neck.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Emma Miller, A Match for Addy, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 121:",
          "text": "Addy was tall for a woman, and he liked that because he didn't have to crick his neck ...",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Tim Major, Machineries of Mercy, ChiZine Publications, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Now she was able to stand on her feet, so long as she kept her neck cricked.",
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