"crick" meaning in English

See crick in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /krɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crick.wav [UK] Forms: crick [singular], cricks [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A crick is a painful muscular cramp that occurs in the neck or back.
    Sense id: simple-crick-en-noun-VCqOQIDa

Verb

IPA: /krɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crick.wav [UK] Forms: crick [canonical], cricks [third-person, singular], cricked [past], cricked [past, participle], cricking [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If your muscles crick, it develops a crick.
    Sense id: simple-crick-en-verb-MWaFHrEp
     
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