Thesaurus: crick

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1. n. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A small jackscrew.
4. n. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
5. v. twist (a body part) into a strained position
6. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] Johnson. 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. Etym: [Cf. F. cric.] A small jackscrew. Knight.
7. The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.]Johnson.
8. n:100 n. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) n. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) v. twist (a body part) into a strained position