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Crick

Crick Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crick? [n] English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916) [n] a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [v] twist the head into a strained position Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crick: Francis Crick \| Francis Henry Compton Crick \| rick \| wrick Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crick: acute pain \| bite \| boring pain \| branch \| brook \| charley horse \| chirk \| chirking \| chirp \| chirrup \| cramp \| cramps \| creak \| darting pain \| fulgurant pain \| gill \| girdle pain \| gnawing \| griping \| hitch \| jumping pain \| kink \| lancinating pain \| nip \| pang \| paroxysm \| pinch \| prick \| race \| rivulet \| run \| runnel \| seizure \| sharp pain \| shoot \| shooting \| shooting pain \| spasm \| stab \| stabbing pain \| stitch \| stream \| stridulate \| stridulation \| thrill \| throes \| tormen \| tweak \| twinge \| twitch \| wrench See Also \| biochemist \| cramp \| muscle spasm \| spasm \| strain \| tense \| tense up Crick In Webster's Dictionary \Crick\ (kr[i^]k), n. [See {Creak}.] The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] --Johnson. \Crick\, n. [The same as creek a bending, twisting. See {Creek}, {Crook}.] 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. [Cf. F. cric.] A small jackscrew. --Knight.

Crick Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crick?

[n] English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916)
[n] a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
[v] twist the head into a strained position

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crick: Francis Crick | Francis Henry Compton Crick | rick | wrick

Crick In Webster's Dictionary

\Crick\ (kr[i^]k), n. [See {Creak}.]
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.]
--Johnson.


\Crick\, n. [The same as creek a bending, twisting. See
{Creek}, {Crook}.]
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. [Cf. F. cric.] A small jackscrew. --Knight.

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