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crick

Dictionary definition · Crick

noun

  1. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
  2. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)

verb

  1. twist (a body part) into a strained position"crick your neck"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).