crick
21crick — I UK [krɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms crick : singular crick plural cricks a sudden pain in your neck or back caused when the muscles become stiff II UK [krɪk] / US verb [transitive] Word forms crick : present tense I/you/we/they crick… …
22Crick — Recorded as Crick, and the rare patronymic Crickson, this is an English surname. It is apparently locational originating from either of the places called Crick, in the county of Northamptonshire, and the former county of Monmouthshire, near the… …
23crick — crick1 [krık] n a pain in the muscles in your neck or back that is caused by the muscles becoming stiff a crick in your back/neck ▪ He was getting a crick in his neck from leaning out of the window for so long. crick 2 crick2 v [T] to hurt your… …
24crick — I [[t]krɪk[/t]] n. 1) pat a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back 2) pat to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.) • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME crikke, perh. akin to crick II II crick [[t]krɪk[/t]] n. Northern and …
25crick — crick1 [ krık ] noun count a sudden pain in your neck or back caused when the muscles become stiff crick crick 2 [ krık ] verb transitive to injure your neck or back by moving it too suddenly …
26crick — 1 noun (C) a sudden, painful stiffening of the muscles, especially in the back or the neck (+ in): Reading over your shoulder gives me a crick in my neck. 2 verb (T) to do something that produces a crick in your back or neck: He bent to lift the… …
27crick — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cryk Date: 15th century a painful spasmodic condition of muscles (as of the neck or back) II. transitive verb Date: 1884 1. to cause a crick in (as the neck) 2. to turn or twist (as the head) especially into a… …
28crick — crick1 /krik/, n. 1. a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back. v.t. 2. to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.). [1400 50; late ME crikke, perh. akin to CRICK2] crick2 /krik/, n. Northern, North Midland, and… …
29Crick — Crịck, Francis Harry Compton, britischer Biochemiker, * Northampton 8. 6. 1916; 1949 76 am Medical Research Council Laboratory in Cambridge tätig, seit 1977 Professor am Salk Institute in La Jolla (Calif.). Entwickelte 1953 mit J. D. Watson… …
30crick — (krik) s. m. Nom donné à Cayenne au psittacus agilis, dit aussi perroquet crick, et qu on y a étendu à tous les perroquets, LEGOARANT …
