crick

Noun
  1. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) (synset 114384587)
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    is a type of: cramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
    same as: kink, rick, wrick
  2. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) (synset 110934925)
    is an instance of: biochemist - someone with special training in biochemistry
    same as: francis crick, francis henry compton crick
Verb
  1. Twist (a body part) into a strained position (synset 200025503)
    "crick your neck"
    is a type of: twist - turn in the opposite direction

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